Paternal Relatives

I thought the visit with my Aunt Jeannie and hubby Keith had gone okay.  I know I was scattered, still in the weird first stages of grief but it is surprising that they aren't responding to my emails, even the one I sent of scanned pictures of my father.

All emails have ceased, including updates and the "God, country and Jesus" emails.

One thing that might have caused the change is my weblinks to the blogs at the bottom of my emails.  I think, maybe, they cruised my blogs and figured out I'm not a Christian and that I'm a Jew.

Is that it, Ma?  Could they cut off contact with the first kid of my generation in the family? The only surviving child of dad?  Could anyone be that....petty and cruel?  Extend a hand, invite me into the family after a decade of silence aside from general update emails and then pull it back because I'm a Jew?

I lost friends when I converted and I gained some.  I've known about prejudice and idiocy all my life so I knew what that felt like before I converted. Losing some life long friends did hurt a bit but it opened my eyes to their character, a harsh light on them and, sadly, I found them lacking in many ethical areas.

I'm no shining knight, I sure know that one, but I really didn't deserve this one, Mom.