So, I've started blogging again, roughly a year after I deleted every single post here since 2004. Since before I even got married. That was part of the trouble I was going through in my divorce.
So, it's 2014 and I'm divorced. Been divorced for a year now. Had a serious relationship during this time, but this, too, has ended, unfortunately. 'Unfortunately' because I was very fond of her. Still am. But the relationship seems to be dead beyond any sort of recovery. Just like my marriage.
In many ways, I've become a different person in all this time. I've lost 40 kilos, which is almost twice my daughter's weight. I've become much closer to my daughter, who's soon to turn 6. I've lived alone, which is something I'd never really done before. There are still many things to change, to improve, and to learn. But I've been doing the rounds.
I've also been trying to investigate my family history further. I've found that I have distant relatives in the countryside. One of them is actually a successful male model in Milan. He actually looks like one of my cousins on my mother's side, ironically. 'Ironically' because he's from my father's side. Another is a beautiful young girl who seems to be a trader here in São Paulo. Neither of them knows me nor that we're related. I don't think they know each other either.
I've also found I seem to have a lot of family in Spain, especially in the Valencia area. Their last names are spelt 'Escales' rather than 'Oscalis' or 'Eskeles', and many of them seem to be related. I found all this out last January, visiting the Diaspora Museum in Tel Aviv with my ex-girlfriend. I did find a wealth of information on both my parents' families, as well as my ex-wife's family.
It will be very interesting to teach my daughter all this and where she came from, and what her ancestry and cultural heritage is.
