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So I'm back in The United States, and I'm getting back in the groove. Jackson.After spending 2 weeks in India, and almost 3 days of that in the air, I arrived back in Carolina to pack up and drive up to Virginia to see family. I rented a car for the weekend, and used it primarily for the Air Conditioning. When you're taking a 6-hour car ride with a 2-year old and a pregnant woman, paying extra money for AC is well worth it. When we got up there, I started feeling sick, and spend a couple days in a bed, sneezing, sniffling, coughing and sleeping. I'm still suffering from the effects of having that cold all weekend, but those symptoms are for a different blog post.
Relatives I had never met, my father's siblings, and family friends all converged on a borrowed North Carolina cottage on an inlet to celebrate the fact that we were finally able to see each other. Four generations of the Bethune Family were represented, with my Father's mother as the matriarch. I met uncles and aunts I had never met, and my father got to see brothers of his that he hadn't seen in 25 years. It was a gracious and elegant reunion considering the potential for outbursts and tension. The combined culinary skills in the Bethune name made for amazing meals, and the humor that I thought was unique to only my father, was multiplied by his four siblings and their mother. We got to see some old pictures of the family growing up in the 50's, and hear some stories that my parents never told us.
I love my family, and my family name so much more, now that I know who's behind it all.
I'll be talking about India more and more as well, but that dialogue will be better portrayed at Hope Takes Flight along with Joel Khouri and the rest of the team.
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wish i was around for all of that.
dude, grandma is hilarious.
isaiah's screaming up there is so hardcore.
andddd the possibility of moving to Fort Mill is looking mighty appetizing. never thought about that before... got my wheels turning.
dude, grandma is hilarious.
isaiah's screaming up there is so hardcore.
andddd the possibility of moving to Fort Mill is looking mighty appetizing. never thought about that before... got my wheels turning.
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sarabeth : 8/18/2008 4:20 PM
sarabeth : 8/18/2008 4:20 PM 
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