we had some good news from my uncle and his partner Todd in new york a couple of days after my birthday. on the day i turned 37 Kevin , my moms brother , and his partner Todd under took a civil union . they have been together since the 80's and mom dad and i wish them nothing but the best . at least one member of our family was there . my cousin Ann was a witness . Kevin had planned it for that date as she was spending a long weekend in new york .
this nearly caused a bit of a brouhaha between Kevin and my Mom but not for the reason you might think . Kevin is 81 and is a great letter writer . he has never used a computer or for that matter a mobile phone (Todd has both though ) he and Todd sent a letter of explanation concerning the civil union to both my mom and my cousin . we never got the letter , my cousin did but never mentioned it .( i can only imagine Kevin asked her not to plus my mom has been up to high heaven in chemo and other cancer treatments ) it was sent a day before i was sent a birthday card from them which i got on 8th march . when mom never mentioned the ceremony to Kevin he thought she dissaprooved . Kevin rings mom without fail on a Sunday evening and apparently the call last weekend was made with trepidation . at least Kevin called , told us , and found out everything was fine , if he hadn't it could have caused problems . an post (the Irish state post provider) nearly caused a fuck up in my family relations ! by the way we never did get the letter . i think it is lost in the post !
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