As We Roll Down This Unfamiliar Road

[karmasoup]

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Picture it: Cicily, 1920...

Wait, no... wrong intro.  Hang on a sec...

*shut musty book of rerun memories with a bang - cough at escaping dust cloud...

...open cobweb-covered chest of childhood memories - lean in, rummaging...

...climb into chest with a clatter, tossing items around...

*owl

Comments

[d0gs]

Reading this felt like going on a fun adventure. Loved it! :D

[karmasoup]

Thanks very much - glad you liked it! :-)

[lyssa027]

I enjoyed reading this :)

[karmasoup]

Thanks! Glad it was enjoyable. :-D

[halfshellvenus]

What a terrific change of fortune your new family was for you. I hadn't realized they'd come so far to find you--they must have wanted you very badly, and clearly made a good choice. :)

I'm glad you and the youngest brother have reached a non-homicidal phase in your relationship. My younger sister and I eventually got there, and things were much easier after that. :)

[karmasoup]

I think my folks traveled far because of the organization they went through. My Dad worked in human services in Tallahassee, and didn't want to have this type of major family status update affiliated with his employment, so they chose another faith based agency more centrally located in the state.

Actually, by the time my brother and I got into high school, we'd both more or less accepted each other as okay, since being so close in age, our social circles occasionally had some minor overlap, so we got to see one another through the lenses of a handful of friends, and less as obstacles to each other's contentment... I think it helped that my brother mellowed out enough to stop pushing my big shiny red buttons so much, and I learned to laugh at myself and take a joke. It wasn't until we were both adults, though, that I think we realized we loved and respected each other.

[dadi]

It was fascinating to read about that moment in your life - the way out of the system! I am so glad these people found you and you them <3

[karmasoup]

Ha! I suppose "The Way Back" here could be referring to my journey getting to the social status of a more normal nuclear family setting, but in this case, I was actually remembering growing up being carried around in the way back of family wagons! ;-)

[rayaso]

I can't imagine what the early part of your life was like when you were in the system. It sounds like you landed with a very good family. I really enjoyed reading this.

[karmasoup]

It was pretty volatile for a while.... I learned to adjust to change fairly well. Thanks very much! :-)