i wrote a post many years ago about my lost sister Sheila Kay. I never updated. She posted a message a couple years after I posted it and I followed up. We met. Kept up through Facebook. Started seeing each other. We live in different states hundreds of miles apart. Not enough for sure.
It with a heavy heart that I have to say my sister Sheila Thomas Miller passed away peacefully last night a little after 11 pm. I was grateful that I was able to be with her. I’m grateful her suffering is over. But damn. ( Cancer can go fuck all the way off the end of the earth now)
Sheila and I didn’t get to know each other until later in life. We shared fathers and had different mothers.
After our father and her mother, divorced, she was not allowed to have contact again.
I knew that I had a sister out there somewhere and I did attempt to find her in various ways over the years. I even went so far as to write Oprah a letter since she had done several family reunion shows thinking maybe she could help, but of course I did not hear back. When the Internet came into my life, I looked on Yahoo people search and found over 200 Sheila Thomases. I emailed every one of them and I only got two responses and of course both were no.
At one point, I had written a blog talking about our father and that I had a sister that I did not know. I asked for it to be shared and many people did.
it was years before I heard any response. One day I got a message saying I might be who you’re looking for. Sheila had recently lost her mother and her sons Allen and Daniel. She had also posted a post on Facebook about having siblings that she didn’t know and some information about our father. Her Grandson’s mom did a Google search and found my blog. That helped us to meet each other.
Overtime we have kept on contact through Facebook, etc., and over the summer I’ve done several visits with her and we became very close.
She is an Amazing, strong woman, and I’m so impressed by her spirit. It’s a deep loss. Sheila was so loved by so many people and by knowing her I’ve met people who have touched my heart and I will never forget.
It’s funny growing up apart seeing how alike we are as we got to know each other. Her sewing machine is almost identical to the one I bought in high school.
We both have a passion for gardening and cooking. She has a recipe box full of recipes she was still planning to try. As do I. She fought right down to the end. She had stuff to do.
Through this, I’ve also gained her family and Sheila’s husband Paul who is a truly kind, gentle person. Her daughter. Angie is like an angel on earth. The care that she has given Sheila over the last many months as she battled through cancer and renal failure has been absolutely incredible and amazing. I’ve never seen anyone so hard-working, dedicated and loving. 
Angie’s husband Mannie is also a good kind man. Sidenote : they have cats… So they are my people ☺️
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