So. I did it. I bit the bullet. I messaged my half-sister. I took the leap yesterday and sent her a message that I would have liked to receive and it wound up being a very long winded message. But, I told her a little about myself, told her that I would completely understand if she didn't want to talk to me and that this would be my only message to her if she didn't so as not to put any pressure on her.

And then, I let it slip to the back of my mind so I wouldn't be hyperfocused on facebook all day.

Well, about an hour ago, I received a message back from her on Facebook! She's delighted that I messaged her as she had tried to connect with our dad's side of the family while growing up, but was blocked by her mom (kind of like how my mom blocked me when I became curious about her) and eventually gave up. Then when her mom passed away, she figured that she would never get that chance. She and I have a lot of common interests and she's also curious about health issues, too because she doesn't seem to have a link to any of the ones she has in her mom's side of the family. And, she's long winded as well, so she didn't mind my long message ^_^.

I can't begin to express how truly happy I am right now that I did this. I am so excited that I not only took that big leap to talk to her, but, am also excited that she wants to get to know me better

Thank you to everyone who offered advice and support!!! As usual, you are all amazing