I tell ya, I was really confused growing up because of dad’s family. With all his family members running in and out of the house, but not all the time.

I remember one time mom flew home to see grandma Bubbles (on a plane…stupid!) Any way, the whole time she was away and I mean as soon as she closed the cab door, they were everywhere. In and out, up and down, doors opening and closing. It was beginning to feel like I was in a fire drill at my school, Rooster H. Cogburn Elementary and Aviary.

When mom came home, I think something happened to her. She had no memory of any of dad’s sisters. Or maybe they were dad’s aunts? Anyway, she had no recall of any of them.

I showed her this picture I found taped under dad’s desk draw.

“That’s dad and there’s Aunt Jenifer, Aunt Sindy (she said she spelled it that way to de distinctive) and there’s Aunt Betty Loo, Aunt Sami. So many others”.

“There was even a celebrity of sorts” I said to mom. “There on the lower right of the picture… That’s Forrest Gumps sister Amber Lynn”.