Ahhh

Last night was pretty close to going home again, even though they were never, strictly speaking, my home.

My uncle's generous spirit lives on in his son, my cousin.

It was wonderful to spend this time with family I haven't seen in so long. What a complicated family tree, though. Here's who I saw: my adoptive father's step-father's 1) sister, 2) brother-in-law, 3) nephew, 4) daughter-in-law, 5) grandson, 6) granddaughter-in-law and 7) great-granddaughter. My wife and I, then, were my adoptive father's step-father's step-adoptive-grandson and step-adoptive-granddaughter-in-law.

So I'm sort of a graft onto a graft onto the family tree.  But they don't much seem to see me that way, and I am grateful!

More on the visit later . . .