Ah, Child Number Three who is a mixture of Oldest Daughter and Youngest Child. The night she was born, I had a terrible dream about two opposing forces battling over my little sister and her newborn baby. It seemed as if Evil would triumph, but I came into the dream praying out loud and Evil fled. The angel who survived told me the little girl was not destined to be bound by the family curses that directed my sister’s footsteps into alcohol, drugs, sex and addictions.
I had a vague notion that my sister (who lived several hundred miles away, physically, and light years away emotionally) was pregnant, but I had no idea when she was due to give birth. So when my foster sister called to tell me that Chrystal had been born (to my sister), I was a little bit surprised. I was not surprised that she was a girl: I already knew that.
Chrystal was almost nine years old when her mother died of necrotizing faciitis (flesh eating bacteria). I had seen Chrystal three times in her life before then, all since my mother died and during trips to Nevada to visit my father: not exactly a close aunt/niece relationship. But when I arrived for the funeral, Chryssi sat beside me, holding my hand and biting back the tears she determined she would not cry.
Chrystal came to live with us when she was ten. We fell in love with her, and she fell in love with us. She is now a happily married young woman who is writing the rest of her story.
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Hi there ,
You don’t know me but I was forwarded your blog regarding Chrystal. Her dad Don Brown was my uncle Not sure what I can do for you in case she wants to get in touch wIth any other family from Dons side or has any questions. But my email address is cuziwz1@yahoo.com
Good morning Shannon,
Chrystal has made some efforts to locate members of her father’s side of the family – but I will let her tell you all of that. She’ll be so excited to have contact information! She has had some genealogy done, so knows a little bit more about the family. I am not sure I have her email address current, but I will send her yours on Facebook in a private message. You may not be able to “help” her in any way except to be her cousin – and cousins are important.
Thank you for contacting me!
Hi there again
If you want you can give her my cell number and she can text me 7753403254. Where does she live now ? Me and my family live in the Elko area.
I passed the info on. Have not spoken to her, but I assume she’s gotten my messages on FaceBook. If you are on FB, you could probably search for her and send her a friend request (but message her and tell her who you are at the same time, so she doesn’t think you’re some random stranger). I am excited for her to meet people on her dad’s side. 🙂