A while back I told you the story of how I’d lost contact with part of my family. I’d recently met up again with one of my missing nieces and was hopeful it was a new beginning for us. Well, things didn’t pan out with Little Munchkin.

You never know what the future will bring, do you? In my case it brought a happy and unexpected surprise. Little Muchkin has a big sister, First Munchkin, and this update is about her.

Out of the blue I’ve gotten a few email forwards from First Munchkin. You know the type, humor links that seem to get sent to just about everyone on a mailing list. When these showed up in my inbox I’d write back saying something like, thanks – that was funny, and then I wouldn’t hear anything more. Another one showed up this week and I’d finally had enough of sitting here wondering if they had been sent by mistake or if she was trying to talk to me. So, with my heart in my hand I wrote and asked her what her meaning was. My happy surprise was that she actually wrote back to me. It was a warm and friendly email in which she expressed an interest to be a family again. Our family isn’t known for maintaining strong correspondence links but we are going to give it our best shots and see if we can’t stay in touch long enough to get to know each other again. Who knows what the future will bring…

BTW, I’ve been told that she isn’t so much of a munchkin anymore… she is 6 feet tall! I can remember when I was in jr. high I wanted to be 6 feet tall. I’m not sure why but the idea got in my head one day and just wouldn’t go away. I never made it past 5’8″. I’ve heard that we get our height from our mother’s father. Dad was over 6 feet. Thinking of First Munchkin makes me think of him for this reason. I wonder if she knows her height is a connection to him. I guess I have something to write in my next email to her.