Luke said, “Put it out there into the world and see what happens…”

I wrote the book and got it published and said from the beginning that sales didn’t matter. I lied about that one. Sales matter. Validation matters. However, Luke was correct.

My half-sister Joyce was the first to contact me and said she loved the book. We hadn’t spoken in years, and I was pleased to reconnect. She died a few weeks later. The positive if I can find one is we said goodbye on a positive note, which was not always the case.

Then, about a month ago, I got contacted by my Aunt Joan 92, and her daughter Maria, my 1st cousin; both of whom I had never met or knew existed, and now we talk several times a week.

The aftermath is family. Family I have been searching for all my life. Sometimes, it’s hard for me not to get emotional…

I am blessed.