Susan Saulny

She was so happy to hear about him when I said, guess what?

I found you have a first cousin.

One of Edward's children is alive in Chicago, and he wants to talk to you.

And, you know, her face just flushed.

She was like, I have a cousin.

And similarly, when I visited Arthur in Chicago, arms were just outstretched toward me.

And he said, I would love to know your mother.

And so we thought about having him come to the reunion in New Orleans, but he wasn't doing well health wise.

So he couldn't make that trip.

But we decided, let's get them on the phone FaceTime and just let them have a conversation.

So that was the moment.

hello, hello, Linda.

Hello, Arthur.

And just like little kids who were meeting for the first time, you know, they had just the cutest conversation.

And I heard the tone of regret almost immediately from Arthur when he said something along the lines of, I'm sorry this is happening so late in life, and I wish we had done this a long time ago.

And I know she felt the same way

But, you know, that catchphrase that was very popular in the family, I guess that's what came to mind when she said, you know, I would have liked that too.

But c'est la vie.