Bob

Since my youngest granddaughter will be turning eighteen in March, I contacted the California Department of Social Services in an attempt to locate her. To my surprise (noting the slowness of most California bureaucracies), there was a reply within an hour from when I sent the email; they wanted to know more information about the granddaughter in order to start the process. I sent the reply with the understanding that there would be a delay in locating her social worker and thence the child.

Image: Not my grandchildren, but my maternal grandmother’s siblings – my great uncles and aunt when they were kids. Photo courtesy my sister a.k.a. the family historian.

Last evening, the social worker called to inform me that my granddaughter had been located and she furnished her with my contact information. I expect to hear from her soon.

The unexpected development is that I got an email this morning from one of my other granddaughters that wants to get in contact. A nice surprise, since I had no idea where she might be. She may give me a call later today.

That makes me happy to be in contact with them after quite a long time (and a long story). Maybe one of these days we can see all three of them face to face.