Just a not so random update.

I'm trying to write a letter to my maternal grandparents, and progress isn't really being made.
Really, though, I'm stuck on the first line. How the hell do I present myself to these people? Do I start it with 'to whom it may concern' or is that too businesslike, too formal?  If I start with 'dear [insert name here], will that sound too friendly, like I'm assuming they'll want to get to know me? And what if they don't want to get to know me? What if I bust my ass writing this letter, and it just gets sent back without even being opened? According to my mother, when she sent them my birth announcement, that's what happened. Not that my biological mother was ever a very reliable source of information, but... I've got all of these fears regarding contacting them, especially with me being me. I doubt these people ever thought they'd have some random dreadlocked and tattooed grandkid from Oregon. So maybe it would be better to not contact them?

This would be so much easier if I could locate a phone number for them, but unfortunately all I've got is an address. I hope it's the right address, that they're the right people. I hope that they're willing to give me a chance, talk to me a little bit. It's kind of weird, I never really had a grandfather before, and my paternal grandmother passed away seven years ago, so... the prospect of having grandparents is as exciting as it is terrifying.

I'm going to keep trying to write this letter, and maybe I'll eventually get up the courage to send it, and maybe, just maybe, they'll like me. I hope so, I'm really not a bad person.