Newly discovered sister rocks her world
Dear Amy: Last year I was "found" by a biological half-sister. She has spent her life looking for her biological father. Her dad turned out to be my dad.
My parents were so in love, raised five kids and had a wonderful marriage. They have both died, and I'm convinced after talking to family members that no one knew about this sister.
I have done everything I can to integrate her into our family. However, I didn't ask her into my life. I would be happier if I never knew about her!
I feel good about all I've done for her, and I would never tell her, but I am so angry!
This truly rocked my world. My dad was my hero, and she knocked him off my pedestal! Not fair!
She is a wonderful woman, (completely opposite of my sister I never got along with), but I am having an internal fight to accept this person into my head as my sister.
And I don't know how to get over my resentment of this intrusion into my life.
I want my perfect dad back!
-- Upset Daughter
Dear Upset: I have yet to encounter a perfect person, or a perfect parent. And yet it is every parent's dream to remain perfect in the eyes of their children.
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