I haven't written in a while. I guess because there hasn't been any new developments in my story. I continue to talk to my Uncles, Don and Rick, as well as my brother, Tim, and several cousins. I am enjoying getting to know them but really won't feel like I know them until I am actually there talking to them. You that are adopted will understand that. I need to look into faces and see resemblances. I need to be around them and see if I might have some nuances in my actions that they have as well. I need to see if we have unusual interests the same. It is just a THING with us adoptees. People who aren't adopted don't really understand that. They have always had "Aunt Sally's nose," or "Uncle Joe's feet", or even "Cousin Bill's way of wrinkling their noses when they laugh." I have never had that. My daughter has many of my physical characteristics and nuances, but that just isn't the same thing. I know where SHE got those, but I don't know where I got them from. As I said after I met my cousin, I was thrilled when he said I looked like his Uncle Russ (my birth father) in the eyes.
I still haven't purchased my plane tickets to go to Kentucky yet. I am planning to go in August and take my daughter with me. She and I need to have some girl time as well as meet our blood relatives!
My daughter, Stephenie above and my picture below.
