Well today will be very hard for me to ruin or over think!

I have as previously mentioned, I have been looking for a brother that I have for as long as I knew he existed. Every so often when I would go off into my rants I would Google and look up his name in every social network site available. One of my last attempts I found someone who basically dragged on my search and tried to act like he was the person I was looking for. . .

Maybe 2 weeks ago I was on Facebook and I decided to search and I found a man with my brothers same name Richard. Well I requested his friendship and sent him a short blurb of what I was looking for. Mind you when I initially saw the picture I was thrown back because he looked so much like my father. I had over the years tried to imagine what he would be like and who he would look like and I never even came close. Well let me move on :o) On the night I dropped my mom off at the airport he had responded asking if I had proof of my father’s name. . .I really do not have much of my father but thankfully my mother did have a few things saved along with my brothers, mothers name and a few details from his maternal side. We exchanged a few messages back and forth and Thursday I finally scanned a picture of my father’s ID and emailed it to him.

This morning when I got up I had a message from him that said,

“Hi Johanna,
I know it’s taken a while, but I’m at lost of words right now.
Jose A. Arroyo, the one in the picture is my father.”

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got out of bed so fast I had no idea how to react. I was so scared that my mind was playing tricks on me and that this guy was not my brother and I was making him look like my father because I desperately wanted it to be him. . When I got his message I was so happy, not only because I found him but because I can breathe a sigh of relief.

My brother is still alive, and even though we are taking baby steps because he is really confused and had no idea I existed. I have more than enough time to get to know him. I do not have to search and worry about ever finding him. . .

Most people are worried that this is not him and maybe I am being fooled again. I covered all of my bases and I know without a doubt that it is him!