Through Ancestry.com, a blood relative found me. I now know my birth parents names and some family history. My birth parents and siblings are deceased, but I have 2 cool cousins, 1 surviving aunt, and am enjoying communicating with my cousin (2nd) Jess! fun fun fun! Mostly it's like reading a storybook. I feel peace and contentment knowing my mom told me the story of the adoption pretty much the way it happened. And I guess I feel more human knowing the blood family I came from.
My parents were the world's greatest, tho, I wouldn't change a thing, and I know for sure families are made of love. Blood feels very secondary.
Last spring I hiked Alaska for a week. This year I have a new hip! Great experience! I walked 2 hours after surgery and 5 weeks later am hiking 4-5 miles! The doctor said no long flights yet (risk of blood clots) so I am going to Montreal and Quebec City last 2 weeks June. I love discovering new places! I actually just got back from hiking in the Big South Fork Nat'l Rec Area near Stearns, Ky.
Turns out I will be in Quebec City for the national annual festival! yay! I will, of course, be staying in hostels and living on trail mix and simple grocery store food I can prepare in the hostels. I love traveling on a shoe string and meeting people from all over the world!
In all my travels, I am here to tell you there are 100% good people out there! :)
Also, my grandson, Javen, graduating high school next week and already has college classes under his belt. He has full scholarship to Campbellsville University with golf and academics. All the grandkids are doing very well as is little Ayden, my great grandson.
Oh. Also, I am now volunteering a few Saturdays a month at the Abe Lincoln Birthplace Natl Park in Hodgensville in addition to my other volunteer activities. I am also still scholarship chair in the local NAACP, and we will be presenting our scholarships next month. I am helping blood drives, but not ready to deploy to disasters with the Red Cross yet. I volunteer with Salvation Army and a few other organizations and do part time volunteer care-giving to a friend who is losing her memory and was placed in assisted living.
I have wonderful tenants here at the Chateau, and I get out to the cabin once or twice a week.
Of course, I am still enjoying riding my motorcycle, too! Trying to motivate myself to get back to swimming at the pool. I do procrastinate. :-/
Thanx for reading my blog!
Saturday, May 21, 2016
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