The last night of 2018 was spent as usual at my brother and sister in laws'. It was a fabulous end to a momentous year, which saw the amazing recovery of my Mum from being placed on end of life care in February, to being almost back to her old self right now. In a week's time she'll be celebrating her 85th birthday, something we never thought we'd see. I put it down to her will to see her Great Grandson!
Another fantastic event happened this year. We got to meet my brother who'd been adopted in 1950. Never thought we'd get the chance for him and Mum to be re-united but that's what happened. My nephew did a DNA test on Ancestry and one of the options was to leave his results online. He did and soon afterwards he was contacted by a girl claiming to be his first cousin. It turned out she was my niece and she'd done a DNA test too which matched them up. Simple as that we were all re-united. How wonderful it was to meet them; and for them to meet Mum while she's still here. We even got to spend my brother's birthday with him. Such a special day.
Today was a glorious sunny day and we had the family round for dinner. I got to hold my gorgeous Grandson for a while. I could look at him forever he's so beautiful. Daughter Lella had a hangover so she couldn't make it but Lucia, Mario and Kasia came along with Nino and also my Mum. Lovely family time.
Hopefully I'm going to keep my blog updated at least a few times a week now. Here are a few photos from last night and today.
