Sparks and Butterflies...

But aside from that, she's still completely normal

How I got my online handle

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I was recently asked how I got my handle, “Sparksfley.”

Sometimes you see me as Michele – and other times Sparks or Sparksfley.

It’s really quite simple.  I had canceled my aol account, and then decided to create a new one.  I got sparksfley from Sparks – a name my husband was calling me due to my working as an electrical assistant and Butterfly which my husband also called me.  I decided to combine the two into Sparksfly – but someone already had that one.  So, I added the “e” and became sparksfley.  For the rest of my online handles and email and such, it was just easier to keep the same one so I didn’t have to remember them all.

I’m now known as Sparksfley across the web.

Comment Question 1

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Remember how I put out a call for questions?

That’s still open by the way.  Please feel free to ask anything you like.

The first question came from Darla.

You were given up at birth? I was given up at birth and then have lots of abandonment “experiences” following that as well. Hmmm…..Share more….

Does this still affect how you live? Cuz for me, until about 3 mos ago, it had a TIGHT hold on me (abandonment issues that is).

You can read more in the Adoption/Abandonment category, or the That Woman category.  I went through a lot of emotional turmoil, and those categories have some more of the nitty gritty.

In answering your question though, here are the basics.

I wasn’t given up at birth.  In fact, I wasn’t officially given up at all.  My birthmother, Jeannette, had me when she was 20.  She’d had a daughter previously at the age of 16, which was the result of some kind of counselor affair at a juvenile facility, and she gave that child up for adoption at birth.  Four years later, she had me at 20.

Follow the jump for more ’cause it’s kind of long and meandering and hard to go there. Continue Reading

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