when i met my cousin Brendan last night, my Irish Eyes felt all soft inside, as if on the outside they may just have looked like this. my cousin, the first one i've met, with no memories between us from our childhoods due to stupidly stubborn Irish brothers who were our fathers...stupid grudges and disagreements, so we cousins never climbed trees together or learned to smoke cigarettes together or rode bikes together or layed in the last day of summer vacation sun together counting notebooks and pencils, talking about the teachers we hoped we didn't get.

but there is NOW. and brendan started it....and he is the first of many that i've now met. thank you brendan, thank you Divine Order of The Universe for allowing this to open up for us. Blessed Be.