The Day the Earth Stood Still
Posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
by Gary W. Halsey Sr.
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I know that you will probably be asking yourself, what does he mean by "The Day The Earth Stoo
d Still" huh? Well, what I mean is, is that the day I joined the U.S. Navy shortly after my father had died, it was literally the last time I had seen my step brother Larry, and my step sister Diane, there was also another step sister Gloria. It seemed that the earth stood still once I had joined the Navy, for the exception of my step brother Larry, whom I had served some time with in the Navy, but after my hitch was done, he soon disappeared. I had kept asking my mom, (God Rest Her Soul), if she had their addresses and phone numbers so that I may be in touch with them, and she indicated that one had moved to the Carolina's, that would be Larry, and the other had moved to Oregon, which was Diane and since then, she had lost contact with them. Gloria much to my suprise had passed away due to complications with her heart and believe it or not, a spider bite.
I had thought about my step siblings very often, as I was really closed to Diane, and Larry was my pal, and Gloria, I knew she had gotten married, and lived in Idaho, but that is about all that I knew about my step siblings. Well recently, I started doing some research, trying to find them, to know avail:( But would that make me give up? Nope! I looked on the internet, on AOL, on MSN, you name it, I looked there, nothing!! Well as time went by, I saw this little note on Classmates that said, "Is the one and only Gary W. Halsey that I went to school with so long ago, and it was signed Diane Blanch, but it had her married last name on there, and I didn't really know if it was my little sister or not. One day, I was browsing around in Facebook and typed in "Diane Blanch" in the search engine, and wa-la, there she was, picture and all. I was jumping up and down with excitement, I FOUND MY LITTLE SISTER!!!! This is after about 43 years of not seeing or speaking to her. We were great friends when we were going through High School. So, anyway, I wrote her a message, and told her who I was, and she was so excited to hear from me, then she sent me a email with all of her phone numbers on them, and I was estatic to get that and immediately called her.
This was to good to be true, and I am so excited that I found her, and of course, she gave me Larry's phone number as well, and I contacted him and his wonderful wife Delene, and I was in seventh heaven, I had not heard from, or talked ot Larry for about 40 years. So now we are communicating, and sharing memories and stories galore. I am so thankful that this day and age of the computer helped me find my family, that I am grateful for. Hopefully I will get to see them soon, Diane is the one who told me that Gloria had passed away, and I was saddened by that news. Both Larry and Diane have kids all grown up, and Larry's son Brandon is a Captain I believe in the army, and boy does he look like his dad!!! I will be in touch with all of them soon, and I just can't wait....I love them all dearly....thank God for computers!!! Stay tuned.
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Top-level comments on this article: (5 total)A very touching story Gary, I think I'll try to get into contact with some of my old marine corp buddies using the Internet, Thanks for the thought.Thank you so much David, I am really excited about finding my family, and you know, they have'nt changed that much at all (although its hard for me to believe that my sister is 60, and my brother is now 70), where does the time go....I love them to death and hope to be involved with them, and their families for here on out....Thank you so much for reading the article, and it's great to be back and hearing from you!!! Your pal, and fan......Gary.
hi Gary,nice to hear from you.this was a warm and hopeful article.i hope you have great times ahead getting to know your "grown up" family now.thanks for sharing with us,my best regards,sueSue!!!!!!!!!!!! It's so nice to hear from you, sorry I have been gone for awhile, I am writting the book I always wanted to write, but I am taking a little break from it right now, to capture some of my thoughts for the book, so meanwhile, I am glad I am back with the "elite" group here on SearchWarp.....thank you so much for your kind and warm comments, and here is hoping that this note finds you in good health, your fan, and friend in pen......Gary. I will be reviewing some articles soon....just trying to get my "Sea Legs" when it comes to writing on Searchwarp....thanks again
Good to "see" you, sir.What an awesome tale, one that not many folks can relate to.Ken, thank you so much for reading the article, I am glad to see you too my friend. And you are right, not a piece that many could relate too. A rare find indeed, but I am blessed to have them back in my life....this man couldn't be happier. I hope you and your family are doing great, and it's good that I am taking a break from my novel, I am hoping to have it done before years end...Great hearing from you, and I will be making my rounds soon....I just needed to get some work out there in SearchWarp land, then I will enjoy reviewing.......your friend and fan.....Gary
Thank God for computers!!! you say Gary, and I say thank God for FACEBOOK!!!. What a lovely ending for you all. We have God to thank for alot of things, like you said for computers and I said for facebook. I also think we need to thank him for what he is famed for and that is "How he works in mysterious ways." Well he certainly shed some light on this mystery for you GaryWishing you and your family that much missed closeness you haven't had for over forty yearsKacyThank you so much Kacy for your wonderful heartfelt comments, and indeed it is a blessing...and so is facebook, now Diane's daughter is getting in touch with me, and I am sure Larry's kids will do the same, we are all anxious to be rediscovered....thanks again for your great comments, and for reading my little story.....your friend in pen, and fan, Gary
Hi Gary, What a big blessing! I am so happy for all of you guys! It's nice to hear good stories involving the internet. This is how my mom's long long lost boyfriend and now husband, reconnected 4 years ago. May God multiply all your years together! I am so blessed by this story!! Happy hugs to all of you! TeresaThanks Teresa for your kind thought and comments, I am so glad to be back with my SearchWarp friends as well....I MISSED YOU GUYS!!! And I am so happy about your mom's experience as well, God is good. Thanks again for reading my story, and God bless to you and yours....your friend and fan, Gary
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