family by Heather Wagner

Paul and Malinda meet

hwagner58 — 2024-06-11 17:01:37 UTC

My parents met in high school through my dads friends. My dad had recently moved from New York to Manchester, where my mom was. They dated for awhile, but per my dad's words "your mother used to get mad and hang up on me a lot, so I broke up with her." she still does this, I guess he stopped caring as much.

Marriage

hwagner58 — 2024-06-11 17:05:11 UTC

My mother and father decided they wouldn't work out. My mom wanted to go to college and my dad wanted to start a family. So they split up further, my mom went her path and my dad went his. My dad was a goofy guy in high school after my mom apparently, hence the multiple half siblings I now have that were all born when he was 17-19.

My parents got married separately, my dad married a woman named Sharon, and my mom married a man named Scott.

Divorce, and Marriage!

hwagner58 — 2024-06-11 17:06:28 UTC

Things ended up not working out in my moms marriage because now she finished her education she wanted a kid and Scott did not. I'm unsure as to why my dad got divorced, but he did. My dad's friend reached out to my mom and they started talking again. On May 5th, 2005, my parents got married.

Alexandra and Me!

hwagner58 — 2024-06-11 17:08:36 UTC

My mother had a hard time getting pregnant, but in 2006 it succeeded. On November 2nd, 2006, my sister Alex was born. However, she was a preemie to an extreme degree and died on November 22nd, 2006. A few months later, my mom was pregnant again. I was born December 5th, 2007. Though, I wasn't due until February so I had a lot of problems. I survived though!

My (Half) Sister!

hwagner58 — 2024-06-11 17:13:30 UTC

My Half Sister, and quite literally my other half, is Katie. When I was born she was living with my parents and I in an apartment in Manchester. I believe she was starting highschool when I was born, but I'm not sure. When I was 2(ish), my sister got pregnant and my mom kicked her out because she didn't want their parenting styles interfering. My sister was furious and still has not talked to my parents, but she talks to me, she's my ride or die, I love my sister. Of course, this negatively impacted my family because she was the last one of my dads children who actually liked him, so now I'm the last of 5 standing.

The Move

hwagner58 — 2024-06-11 17:16:14 UTC

When I was 2, we moved from Manchester to Hillsboro into my current house, and I've lived there ever since. My sister used to come up occasionally, and I think I've seen one of my brothers once or twice, but I really don't see my siblings anymore. My sister is the oldest and she's 34, so they've all gone their own ways by now. I think one of my brothers is in Manchester, the other is in Ohio, one we don't know where he is, and I'm not sure where my other sister is. None of them talk to me anymore except Katie.

Pets!

hwagner58 — 2024-06-11 17:23:13 UTC

I have a lot of pets and I always have. My mom kind of just finds animals and brings them home and makes it my dads problem to find out where they'll stay. But my mom takes care of them, so it evens out. In my entire life, I've had 3 cats, 2 dogs, 3 hamsters, 1 guinea pig, 3 bunnies, and 8 chickens

Jobs

hwagner58 — 2024-06-11 17:24:58 UTC

My dad got fired from his job when I was 10 and it kind of put us in a financial issue for awhile. He worked there for over 20 years. Luckily, he was able to find a new job within a month. But it took a long time to clean out his office that had 20 years of stuff in it.

Grandma

hwagner58 — 2024-06-13 16:35:43 UTC

My Grandma on my dad's side died from cancer in 2014, I'm not sure what kind of cancer because I was 7 and don't remember much, but I remember the impact it had on my dad. He hardly ever talked to us anymore and always called her number just to listen to the voicemail because he didn't want to forget what she sounded like. The only clear memory I have of the funeral was snapping the entire time because I recently learned how to snap and I thought it was really cool.

The Present Time

hwagner58 — 2024-06-13 16:38:03 UTC

Currently, my family is pretty stable. Nothing impactful has happened in a few years, we have a good income, and good family relationships. My mom recently helped my grandma move, and though I'm almost never home between work, school, and friends I try to help as much as I can.