[CathrynAnne]

Okay, we received a reply from my half-sister's amom this evening. We had asked her if she had ever spoken with her daughter about our family's "true connection". She replied that no she hadn't; that she'd always wanted to, but didn't think her daughter could handle it. She also gave her home phone number for my mom (hsister's bmom) to call her. What to do? We know that amom is going to try to talk my mom out of saying anything.

Originally, my oldest sister had wanted to send the amom a longer email (in case we found out she hadn't told her daughter) basically pouring her heart out. It's a really long email that I guess was meant to tug at amom's heartstrings. But now that I think about it, she probably doesn't give a rip about anyone else's heartstrings but her own. However, after reading so many posts here, I'm thinking we may need to change our strategy. I'm going to post the email here, and would like any advice (good or bad) on what to take out, or how things should be changed. I don't know where the focus should actually BE, and I think there may be some assumptions in there that we should probably take out. (I've replaced the names and other identifying info with asterisks*)

And honestly, if y'all think it should be completely re-done, please let me know. I respect all of your opinions and advice. Thanks.