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If I could have that one magic wish, I would wish for each of you, a day of peace, a day with a constant smile, a day of pain-free happiness, a day to walk around our wonderfull world with eyes that can appreciate God's wonderful pallet.
Take care and try to make someone smile today.
I am still only roger
Awwwwwwww, how sweet!!! I must say that you have been putting a smile on my face and/or made me laugh over the last couple of days. Thank you*S*
"a smile is a gift that keeps giving"
"it goes round and round and,..."
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Love will come your way just given time...yeah round and round!!!!
Rog is the bomb huh?
and round and round
*HUGS* ya all! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
*hugs mRs GaToR* [img]graemlins/kiss.gif[/img]
((((HUGGIES))))
To everyone!!!!! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Thank You!!! I love your board and wish I had found it sooner! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
Salude [img]graemlins/beer.gif[/img]
Welcome cherrysis!!!*S*
Don't ya just love those group hugs*W*
And yes, rOgEr is tha bomb!
Awww, I think I'm Blushing...
I like to quote the philospher, Popeye The Sailor "I Yams What I Yam" [img]wink.gif[/img]
My First Love was a German Boy SIGH...........it was such a sweet/sad story!!! His being an exchange student and having to leave...I would love to visit Germany!!!
*L@rOg and thanks cherrysis!!*
Its my pleasure having ya'll here*S*
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Its my pleasure having ya'll here
All I can say is that I am farrrrrrrrrrrrr from being a typical german*L
My first love was an american, GI off course. I still miss him, kinda*w
I had the chance to visit the USA and Canada, too. I loved it.
I am sure that you'd like Germany. Most of us are pretty nice*G*. I live in beautiful Bavaria, we have the best beer (Ha, I don't like beer at all).
I live downtown and but when I look out of my livingroom window I see a big castle. What's making Germany's charm is the mixture of history and the modern life.
This is the view I am having from my livingroom window,...
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wow..beautiful ...when i look out at my living widow i just see a bunch of houses *L not pretty nice at all
Sometimes, when its nice and warm I sit out on the balcony and daydream of living in that castle*lol
Oh my god thats the coolest thing I have ever seen...I love castles!!..a castle is my dream home [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Wow that is so gorgeous!!!! I would love Germany and I hope to come over the pond and visit someday.
Jens lives outside of Hamburg, on the river Elbe and the pictures he sends me are amazing. I actully got to see him 2 years ago (it had been almost 18 years). I was pregnant with Tyler and My Husband was NOT THRILLED about my seeing Jens again (obviously I had told my hubby too much about my previous relationship LOL). ANyway Jens brought his daughter Svenja who was 13 at the time. She was so awesome and her english was impressive. She and I write to each other more than he and I do now...
Someday...I do hope to travel Europe!!! In the meantime I may dream of living in that castle to!
I wished I could get in touch with my first love, too. May sound stupid but so many things were left unsaid. And sometimes I think that I can't go on without clearing that up. Know what I mean? It feels as if I left something very important unfinished. Please, tell me what you did to find Jens?!?
The forrest close to us is called the Spessart and there used to be many, many robbers in that forrest that is why you can book a special event as a surprise for your guests. You invite them to a bbq or a b-day party into the forrest and just when the party is kicking you and your guests will get "robbed" like in the old days. Its lots of fun cause it seems so real.*L
No that is soooooooooooo NOT STUPID!!!! I felt the same way! I am relieved to be able to say that upon finding him...what was unresolved for me FINALLY got resolved and gave me peace!!!
I searched people finders...everyone I could get to. Yahoo, bigfoot,lycos,...there are a bunch of them. I wish I could tell you which one worked but I have forgotten. It took me along time. Plus I remembered alot of info. like his parents names and his brother Axel so I searched those too. I did e- mail and phone and address. I started broad and then narrowed it. For instance did all og Germany first and then Hamburg.
Let me know if I can help ok !!!!
I'll try to find a pic of my favorite castle for you guys*S
Hey if we put our money together maybe we can buy one?*LOL
I think that it is soooooooooooooo cool that you and Jens are back in touch! My dad lives close to Hamburg, too and I think that Hamburg is my favorite german City.
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Here it is. My favorite castle. Its not so big compared to others and I love the fact that it is in the middle of a lake. It's only a 30 minute drive from here. I don't go in all the time, sometimes I just sit on a bench in the little park there and dream away*W
It was one of those weird things...we lost contact a year or so after he returned to Germany. Boths of us got on with life but still always WONDERED "what if". He got married and has 3 daughters. Anyway when I finally purchased a pc I started searching for him and it took about 1 year for me to find the right e-mail for him. The weirdest part was he had been looking for me too and actually found someone here in Oklahoma whose name was RaeLynn ( not a very common name). When he fianlly got an e-mail from "ME" he was as beside himself as I was. It has been wonderful catching up and keeping in touchover the last 6 years. He was a very important piece of my life and i realize I should never let those pieces go!!!
Oh and Hell Yeah...I'm into living in a castle! I hear the mountains there are lovely too and the Black Forrest!!! Ah now I am dreaming of far away places sigh!
It already helps that I can talk about it with someone who understands.
I still remember so much, too. Like his parents and his sisters name, only that she prolly got married by now and so for changed her last name.
Hmmmmm, I even think that I have his SSN somewhere. Back then you still needed a Visa when you wanted to visit the states and since we wanted to get married we filed for an "Immigration Visa". It was so much paperwork and it took soooooooooooooo freaking long that his time in Germany was up before we knew it. We were trying so hard to get those darn papers, we were sending letters back and forth for so long and somehow lost eachother on the way,...
Some people may say that I should let him be and NOT look for him cause he is prolly married and stuff. But it's not that I wanna break up his happy home or anything, it's just very important that those unfinished things get done.
"Some people may say that I should let him be and NOT look for him cause he is prolly married and stuff. But it's not that I wanna break up his happy home or anything, it's just very important that those unfinished things get done."
Some people are not you!!! I KNOW EXACTLY what you are saying and feeling!!!! It was so important for me to find Jens and IT WAS IMPORTANT for him! He had spent 16 years feeling guilt about the way things had happened and the promises made and not kept...HE HAD TO leave the States cause his visa was only good for one year and we as teeagers considered running away and all that *teen drama* but in the end he knew he had to return and do things the right way! Then we lost each other. When you carry that around for years it interfers with many areas of your life. I cannot tell you how many times I woke up in tears over the years because I would dream about him and how I was searching everywhere only to see him in my dreams and be so close to touching him again and wake up sobbing!!!
There are great people finders on the internet and if you are willing to pay a fee (I think less than 30$) they can even give you unlisted numbers. If you do find his SSN you will have even more luck!
Also try a search in whatever service branch he was in. If it was the Army...check them out and so on JUST DON'T GIVE UP!!!! It is important and I get that!!!!
Let me know ok!!!
Wow, you really do know how I am feeling. I, too sometimes wake up in tears simply because I have been dreaming about Maurice again. I still don't understand how our bond could break so easily. We were still so young, too and probably just not strong enough to fight the odds.
Maurice was in the Army and I know for a fact that they are NO help at all cause if they were I would know where my daughters Dad is at and I should concentrate on him first, its important for my kids*s.
So often I wonder why I never got married, why I am always getting out of relationships when things get real serious, I believe that I just can't open completly, not before I made my peace with Maurice.
Raelynn, do you even know how wonderful it is, knowing someone who just knows where I am coming from?
Girl, I get goosebumps just thinking about You and your situation. Its that close to my heart!!! I know how much its impacted your life w/o you having to tell me. It is very important to give the heart and soul what it needs and I believe that....GOD probably has his hand in you and I meeting on this board and becoming friends. He knew that there was somebody (me) who would understand and support you in searching.
Just think...all those weeks ago when you were on mainstream and asked for a good cornbread recipe...I could have by passed and let somebody else answer
BUT I DIDN'T...because something told me to answer you and now we know why!!!
Don't give up and let me know how I can help ok!
Awwwwwwww, you are such a sweet person!!!
I believe that everything happens with a cause. Good or bad and that good things come to those who wait. Its almost imposible to find someone to understand just how important it is to get things straightened out if they haven't been in that situation before.
Me telling you about Maurice made my memories (I usually call em meMaurice*LOL) seem so alive again. I swear to God that I could smell his scent today,...
Isn't that the craziest feeling?!? It is amazing how strong the sense of smell is and how often it will pique the fondest/saddest of memories...*sigh*
Have you started looking???
Yes, I have started looking but it must be a lot easier with the SSN, so I'll try to take time out this weekend and get my box full of meMaurice.
But I really wanna push myself to focus on my girls Dad.
Somehow I am really scared. What when (if) I do find Maurice, then what? Do I write a letter or should I call? What if I can't say what must be said? What if he isn't going to give me enough time? Darn, this feeling bites but I know that I MUST find him anyway.
And yes, it must be the craziest feeling ever. God,...
OKAY HONEY.............slooooooooooooow down! Don't get so far ahead of yourself. Keep it simple!!! If you get a number as opposed to an e-mail addy (then wait to call until you are in a good place and then just keep it simple with Hi, How have you been and so on...If you get an addy then only give enough info to let him know it's you and keep it formal until you KNOW IT's HIM...
You sound so much like me LOL!!!! I told Jens you and I must be kndered Spirits!!!!
wha wha what di di did yo yousay???
I did that EVEN AFTER THE emails???
When he showed up on my doorstep...(I WASH GETTING READT TO MEET HIM AT AIR PORT)that was the plan........
I WAS ALMOST 7 MOnths Pregnant...I PEED MY PANTS!!!
I know how you feel!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROTF!!~!
Yeah, I need to relax*lol
It's so amazing how the sheer thoughts of him can make me feel this way.
I'd rather have an email addy, I think its easier that way. I'd prolly only stutter if I had to call.
*lmao*
I'll prolly pee my pants, too. Without being pregnant!
You know, I love sharing this with you. Somehow it makes me all gigglish and stuff*LOL
Oddly enough it makes me that way too!!! I've always thought of myslef as kinda tomboyish and yet when I love it runs deep and true...I can tell you are the same way!!!
I hear ya there sis,...
Someone once said that the internet does hold some true treasures. Having so much in common with someone you never met sure is one of those treasures*S*http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_4_9.gif