No Matter Where I Roam

The longer that I am living in Australia - the more aware I am of my roots. I miss New England. Four definite seasons that you could count on bringing their own holidays and fun. Ever-changing scenery. I am not complaining about Tassie. Tassie is widely unspoiled and has the mountains, the sea, rivers, lakes and breath-taking rainbows on a regular basis. I find this amusing as I often feel that I have flown over the rainbow to be here. Hello Dorothy. And who doesn't love a good rainbow or feel the pull of it's magic?

More than I miss the location of my birth - I miss those who were a part of my life. Helped mold my charecter. Knew me from the beginning. Who understand how I came to be exactly who I am. I miss my blood relatives. I miss that feeling of kinship and looking at a person whose eyes stare back at you with the same shape and color. Or have a similar forehead, the deviated septum or the crooked grin. Family. Immediate or extended. We look at them and often know ourselves better. "A hundred year old photograh stares out from a frame - and if you look real close - you'll see our eyes are just the same."

Thanks to the internet and Facebook in particular - I have reconnected with a great deal of my extended family at the same time as I keep up with my immediate family. The extended family had also moved away from their roots. Of course they are all in the same country but America can be pretty vast sometimes. It is as easy to be parted for years there as it is to be parted for years here.

This week I feel blessed. I also feel sad, glad - like laughing and crying all at the same time. I have so much catching up to do with the people who knew me when. And a further blessing in finding the family has expanded to so many beautiful people - of all ages. Yes, I have been blessed.

I have many thoughts about this swirling in my head but I need to sort them out before I write again. And I will write again because I have been inspired by a cousin I thought was lost but now is found. Thank you, Ellen.

May we all be blessed with family we love - who if lost - are found once again.