Background: Family

I am single. I had one long relationship, but that's another story.

I tend not to stay in touch with people, and unfortunately, this remains true with my family. My mother died many years ago, and my father passed away in 2002. Both parents were from eastern Tennessee, and most of my uncles, aunts, and cousins are still there.

I have two brothers in southern Indiana. We don't see each other very much, but they have been very good to me. I participated in the wedding of one while moving between Germany and France, and missed the wedding of the other because of the start-up of the bar in France. Both of them are doing very well for themselves, and I am blessed with two great sisters-in-law.

Between the two brothers, I have five nephews and nieces. I hardly know them, but they seem like really good kids. It's my fault that I don't know them; I never get back to see them. I am making an effort to be more involved, but I'm not good at this.