Bloodline-part 2

Rafael's older brother would not come around to this fact. He wanted to hear none of it, he wanted to have nothing to do with these developments.
Then, one of the half brothers was visiting the U.S. to see his daughter. He came down to meet Rafael, who then drove him three hundred fifty miles to their father's grave. That brother was eight months old when their dad left and had absolutely no memories of him. Rafael could not help thinking that as much as he and his brothers felt cheated, the other siblings also weren't given a fair deal. They grew up with just their mom never understanding why their dad had forsaken them. The two brothers stood in silence at the grave of the man that had given them life, hurt them both in different ways and united them after his death.
     After much passionate and heated arguments flew in all directions, Rafael's older brother was finally convinced to reunite with the other side of their family. The one sibling of their dad, their aunt, they came to know, has Alzheimer's. Rafael flew to Brazil last year to see his new-old family! He shares that the warmth of his half siblings and their families has moved him beyond words can describe. They too must feel bitter and resentful. But both sides chose love over grudges, forgiveness over anger. A few thousand miles and a few tens of years, two different continents could not keep this bloodline from coming together again! This year Rafael along with his brothers and all their families is going for one big reunion trip to meet their south American family!
   I listened in complete amazement to this real life story that outshines any tearjerker book or movie. I vicariously felt the twists and turns from the point of view of both sets of siblings and their feelings toward their parents, long gone!
I felt a renewed sense of hope and positivity from this story that ultimately life is all about love! Human beings cannot thrive if we don't understand, contemplate, forgive and love!