It seems appropriate that today is A. A. Milnes‘ birthday. My little girl is back. Not that she is little anymore, 32 if my math skills are holding up.

I used to read her Milne’s stories. As a child she was Tigger, always up and bouncing about, full of curiosity and life. I was a budding Eeyore back then and time has only folded me deeper into the role.

Courtney Mackenzie Pawlazcyk-Knapp. A bit of a mouthful but she always had the energy to carry it. She almost ended up with the first name Anticipation but that’s another story for another time. She’s married now, swapping the mouthful of a last name for Cline.

I’d like to think that the post I made a couple of months back, in which I mentioned I was looking for her, led to our reunion but neither it nor any of my other attempts to find her panned out. She found me, not the other way around. I’m not exactly sure how. She read some article that mentioned I was a member of Backspace. She then went over to Backspace, found the Contact Us form and asked about me. Chris, one of the administrators over at BS contacted me and now she is back in my life.

So, despite the miles that separate us, my family is complete again. My son, Ryan John, who I don’t talk to nearly enough, a situation I fully plan to change, and now Cory. And my kids have kids of their own now, 2 apiece: Michael and Jennifer on Ryan’s side, Cameron and Austin on Cory’s side. Certainly dates me, doesn’t it?

Now if I can just pull it together, find the finances in these tough financial times to make a trip home, see them all, hug them all.