Two years ago me and my brothers had huge row. Lots of horrible things we're said on both sides and lots of tears were shed by me.
I honestly thought that was it I would never speak to them again.
One of my brothers has had a terrible 14 mths. His girlfriend left him to be with someone else and has made contact with his daughter difficult. My brother has been left with massive debt because his ex walked away and expected to pay nothing. It has hurt me that I couldn't be there for him emotionally, I was to hurt and afraid of rejection to make contact.
My mum has called me today and we we're chatting about DB and I said that I wished I could talk to him and she gave me his mobile number.
So feeling brave and preparing myself for rejection or abuse I sent him a message.
He called me back and we talked. Neither of us have mentioned the argument which I think is a good thing, I don't want to hold a grudge or live in the past. but have talked about my DC his DD and life in general.
I feel so relieved and happy. I know there's a long way to go but this is more than I could have hoped for from one text message:)