In amongst my Mums papers that I scanned the other day were a couple of her older sister Gill and her children taken before they emigrated to Australia in 1976. Auntie Gill died in 2003 and I had not seen her or her family since they emigrated.
This year I decided that as it is 30 years since I saw any of my 'Midlands' family I should start to do something about it and have been in close contact with my Cousin Annette regularly.
I sent her some copies of the pictures and she is really happy - they were photos that she'd never seen before. There was one picture that she liked so much that she has now framed it and is giving it to her Dad as a birthday present.
You may think I'm rambling - but it made me feel so joyful to think that the technology we are using today is helping to bring families closer together.
For my 50th birthday in 12 years time we are planning to go to Australia to celebrate with Annette and her family, we won't be able to afford it till then as we may decide that we aren't coming back - but by heck do we plan on having a great time when we get there.
