[kakuehl]

Hi Susan,

I think my reunion has gone incredibly well, although I have actually had little alone time with D. My first contact was through his parents. His info here was out of date, but I got enough to enable me to locate his adad. They gave him the info and let it up to him. We had our first f2f about 6 or 7 weeks after his first email to me. He came to my home (with his wife, stepson and baby girl) for a pre-thanksgiving dinner. After he finally got out of the car (he was hyperventilating), everything went very well. My other two children were there, so he met them and my daughter's son who was 2. D waited to tell his parents we'd met until after Christmas because he know his mom was not very comfortable with it. Since then D has invited us to birthday gathering at his place and we were there for Christmas last year. D got to meet his birth grandfather, and I got to meet D's sisters. His mom has gradually gotten more comfortable with me presence in his life. (Both of us have made it clear that I don't want to replace her - and that he wouldn't let her anyway!) D hasn't yet met my siblings, cousins, aunts & uncles, I hope that will happen some day.

So Susan, I know what you mean... Love is something that continues to expand!