So, along with other stuff going on over the weekend, I've had some strange experience come up.
20+ years ago, my auntie was pregnant. She was heavy enough (similar size to me) that no one realized that she was pregnant until she called my grandmother from the hospital to tell that she'd given birth and the baby was going to be adopted.
It turned out that the family adopting my cousin were some folks who were known to my grandparents. My grandmother has kept in touch with them all these years, keeping up with my cousin's life, but I think leaving it until the adoptive parents felt she was old enough for the news.
On to the strange for me part...
This weekend, I got a message on Facebook from my cousin. I think she's reached out to a few family members, including my grandparents and her natural mother as well as another cousin with whom I've been in contact with over the last few years, so, through this, she figured out who I was and our relationship.
She's kept me up late the last few nights, chatting and talking. It's fabulous but still, it's strange. I am getting anxious and excited though, I'd really love to go meet her "someday soon"...
My "new" cousin has a young son, a similar age to my baby sister's youngest son and they live in the same area of the US but she'd rather talk to me than to my sis (who also is closer to her age). I just figure that it's because I AM so far away and I AM so much older, she can forge this new relationship at a pace she can set a bit easier... she knows I am not likely to simply show up on her doorstep.
Anyhow, warms my heart and I thought I'd share.
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