One Of The Happiest Days Of My Life!

Mark it on your calendar, June 21^st  one of the happiest days of my life! I waited nearly 28 years for this day to finally come, and it has arrived.

On this day, I met my family…

My Mum’s side of the family has always lived for the major part in Mexico, while an aunt in Illinois is all I really know about (hardly). I last saw my mum’s side nearly 12 or 13 years ago. Plans of eventually visiting them in the near future are in the works. They don’t have any of visiting me.

Now, don’t get me wrong I love them all, but the fact that it’s been real hard for my family in Mexico and I to coordinate such a re-union, it almost seemed destined for failure. Given the reason as to why my sister and I never were raised around family. We didn’t have any around! Even though this great distance have not kept us away from one another, I still send them money when I can, an occasional call from time to time suffices, for now…

Now, as far as my Dad’s side is concerned, we never co-live with any of them except for one Uncle. My Uncle Nestor met both me and my sister since we were born, always in the mix. He is in many ways the opposite of the father that walked out on us many years ago. He is all you ever ask for in an Uncle and more. He is the oldest brother of a family of 8. He is also the only one of the 8 who doesn’t talk to anyone of the family (his brothers) even his own Mum.

When my sister and I were just some kids, we never thought much of family. The few that surrounded us we thought was our entire family. But as we grew, so did the questions.

We never asked our Uncle’s opinion on our Dad’s side, simply because we thought it be not to reliable. (Go figure huh?). My Mum told us many times that my Dad drove away all of the family when we were young, and is ultimately the reason for their early departure from us.

Now this is my reason for me not searching for them these last years as an adult.

My Father had left when I was nearly 12 or 13; I’m going on 28 now! Where were they these last…oh some 15 years!

Theirs very much emotion when I talk about family, because I would not abandon no one from my family ever! I’m huge on family! Family is everything to me!

But…

In life, you need to forgive and move on. If you can not understand that or learn from it, you will never be able to enjoy happiness day in day out.

And so…

I forgave, and now have a complete family. Truly, one of the happiest days in My Life.

~ by themanonthehill on July 2, 2009.