Chapter 11

My reaction to discovering my great uncle wasn’t dead was far from receptive, but what did they expect?  He supposedly died long before I was born.  The world as I knew it had almost instantly disappeared.  Accepting and understanding the new one I found myself in was difficult and sometimes nerve-wracking.  Because of this, I understood and excused myself for my outburst even if they might not.

Amongst the many things my grandparents hadn’t had the forethought to make sure were placed in our emergency hideaway that became our permanent home were pictures of our family. Although they lamented over the loss of the photographic memories of generations past, we had far greater items that would determine how well we survived to worry about replacing.  The photos were soon forgotten. If it hadn’t been for my grandfather’s references to the fact that not having Milton’s adept abilities as a medical whiz to complement my grandmo