So relieved!!!

I was in the parking lot at Big Y,  getting ready to go in and get a few things Bern asked me to bring home.

My phone rang and I was annoyed until I heard the voice and knew my fears were relieved.

It was my first cousin, "Mesh", which is what I call her though it's not her real name.

She is five years older than me and grew up with me. My parents even brought her on our vacations to keep me company and keep me happy.

I'd been trying to call her and email her for three days and was afraid she was in the hospital or worse.

I way going to tell Bern about my anxiety when I got home.

BUT IT WAS HER ON THE PHONE!

We had a long talk about Anawalt and Jenkinjones, where we grew up and about going back to see what was left after coal ran out but it would be such a long trip.

She is my connection to those places and to my childhood.

We've been close ever since.

I was so afraid something had happened to her.

But something had happened to her phone instead.

I'm so happy and so relieved.....