Dr. Jody Carrington

And we never knew.

And she married a firefighter.

And they have a little guy who is in between our three children.

And he looks more like me than my boys do.

And it's just lovely.

We now, you know, it's not like I don't, I feel closer to my brother for sure.

We just lost our dad a couple of months ago.

And I feel so much more connected to my brother, obviously, because we have the history that's deeper.

Um, but it's so fascinating to watch the nature versus nurture play out in front of your eyeballs and navigating grief together and, you know, what she's allowed to feel.

And I'm not allowed like the resentment and the, you know, the, the, the sadness and like all those things.

So I'm so grateful before my dad died that, you know, we had 15 years to kind of navigate those things.

And I asked those hard questions like, you know, did you marry mom?

Cause you loved her.

Did you feel guilty?

How often did you think about Val?

And they named her Kimberly at birth.

And then her parents, her adoptive parents, lovely humans, named her Valerie.

Just watch yourself because when you least expect it, boom.

Yeah.

that moment it's similar to what you just said i mean i was like you know dad said to us you know would you like to meet her and in my head i was like yeah like maybe you know next christmas or something like we just need some time and you know my brother he's crying he's nicer than i am and and you know he's like of course dad like i'd love to we'd love to meet her and he's like good well she's