FAMILY

I have meet, online, a wonderful person. Her name is Gloria. She is a second cousin to Ron on his Father's side. Ron & his siblings have never meet any of their relatives on the Griffin side. Elaine, God Rest Her Soul, would not allow Floyd to have anything to do with his family. So, because he couldn't, neither could his children. Oh wait, Ron & I did meet several of the Griffin's that live in St Louis, IL. almost 29 years ago. I had several addresses & sent Christmas cards until my address book was lost in one of our moves. The one thing that we did not know is that there are also relatives that live in Michigan. I wish we would known about them, because I would have tried to look them up. Family is very Important to me. I don't care if a relative gets a divorce, relatives are relatives for life. I have an Uncle that divorced when I was just a little girl. Well, I still call his ex wife Aunt. She was my Aunt when I was born & will always be my Aunt. Do I talk to all ex relatives? No, only the ones that were not abusive in the marriage. Or if they prefer to cut all ties with their previous family members, I will kindly bow out.
Anyways, Gloria has really helped to start to put the pieces back together for Ron. She has emailed pictures, Ron has never seen pictures of his Grand Parents, so, this has been just wonderful for him. She has given us some of the family history as far as who was married to who & their children. Also, some of the health conditions that can be inherited by others. I am hoping that with Gloria's help we can both put together a family tree. Someday Ron & I would both like to meet Gloria & her husband. And hopefully be able to meet other members of the Griffin family. Even though I have never meet Gloria, I can honestly say that I love her for the person she is.