Newsy Day

So, up way too early!
Got to get ready to drive the hour to my mother''s.
Apparently her Social Security paperwork magically got fouled up, after 16 years of being retired!
I tell ya, if Trump wants to clean a house in government, I know where to start!

Drive for an hour to get there,
Haul her to the local Xerox place,
To make a copy of her receipt showing she pays her homeowner's insurance,
Have Lunch,
Take mom back home,
Drive an hour back home for me,
And decompress.

Yeah, it will be stressful on me.

I so want to tell her that I have found her nephew, missing since 1963,  but she will turn ugly if I do!
I really want to see him!
But, I wonder how damaged he is from his first ten years of being a victim of an unbelievably violent man ...
I adopted four damaged souls.
So, I understand.
I wonder about it.
I fear meeting him, yet he is family.
And as you may have figured out:
I never was able to resolve the need for family.

It is strange this desire in us to be around people whom look like us,
Or other traits that identify people groups.
I know this was a real problem for Gaelic Girl.
She is Scottish, from the Isle of Skye.
And yes, I ripped her away from her home and hid her in Seattle.
But I never realized the trauma it caused her until I took her to Cork, Ireland with me on a business trip.

We were there for about three days, when she told me she felt like she was home for the first time in her life!

Now, she sort of stood out in Scotland,
Much taller,
Much heavier,
And she loves meat and potatoes,
In contrast to the Scottish diet of cereals and sausages,
And looks nothing like any Scot woman I have ever seen.
For all intents and purposes, she appears to be Irish!

Indeed, she is about the same height as Irish women.
An make NO mistake, she has the same build and facial features as the Irish!
Even the red hair.
(and scary temperament, too!)

And in Cork she was at peace with herself.
Strangers would stop her on the street and ask directions.
She looked like she belonged!
Of course, Cork is a bit of an Irish melting pot,
She probably would not blend in as well as say Galway or Donegal.
Then again ... ?

So, anyway just a thought about my cousin and wonder if he longs, as GG longs, for invisibility.

Well, best get dressed.
Gotta long drive ahead of me!
And a water heater to buy this afternoon!