June 1, 2002

• Family Reunion

  
  

  I’ve had reunion on my mind ever since a few weeks ago when I got some clues to finding my long-lost middle-aged “little boy”.  Yesterday an unanticipated reunion came at me out of left field.

  
  

  The image above shows me with my first grandchild, twenty-three years ago, the last time I saw him.  He’s the son of my eldest daughter, who is now deceased.  The boy and his brother and sister grew up with their father, and I was never able to locate them.  When I came online a couple of years ago, I located the kids’ other set of grandparents and wrote a letter to them.  After months of no reply, I tried again.

  
  

  Last night I answered the phone and a sweet, somewhat hesitant voice said she was my grandson’s fiancee.  After two years, my letter had finally been passed along to one of my grandchildren.  My grandson was too shy to talk to me, but this young woman who is the mother of one of his children, expecting the second, had enough courage, curiosity and love to call me.

  
  

  I’m a great-grandmother!  She’s two years old and her name is Miranda.  I still have not seen pictures of her and all I know of their whereabouts is that it’s in the Central Time zone.  I guess some caution is understandable when making contact with the crazy Great Grand Mama.  But Miranda’s mother Felicia (such a felicitous name!), my grandson’s estimable (in my view) significant other, gave me their email address.

  
  

  Mere hours before the phone call, I’d been thinking about my grandkids.  The thought crossed my mind that I could well be a great grandmother by now.  And then…. Ta DAH!

  
  

  As soon as I was off the phone, I called my other daughter to let her know I’d found her sister’s kids.  Her eldest, whom I’ve only known through emails and phone calls, answered the phone and seemed as excited about finding his cousins as I was.  He and my daughter had plenty of good news of their own to share, so all ’round it was a very good day for family affairs.

  
  

  My heart keeps singing:  “Miranda, Miranda, la la Miranda.”

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