The Ballad of Soulo Jacob
06/05/2005 04:04 a.m.
Hi, All
Jeremy, thanks for warm welcome. I haven't been feeling well or i'd be adding more poetry. I figured this would be a good night instead to introduce myself a bit more intimately to the community. The reality in which I exist was literally exploded on Feb 4th, 2005 (mostly in a good way). My legal name is Stephen J Leger, though since my discovery of some information 3yrs ago pertaining to my existence, I often use my birth name, Soulo Jacob Bourgeou, for a pen name, if you will (my grandfather was Soulo. He had brothers named Hugo and Bruno.). Anyway, I've always known I had a half sister and my 18yr search for her culminated on 02.03.05 with a call to the Milwaukee Library. 20 phone calls and 24 hrs later, I was in contact with my sister, the lovely Barbara Ross. Our mother, whom I have grown to know and love through the words of Barbara, passed away Feb 4th, 1990 - exactly 15 yrs to the day of that phone call. I get chills everytime i say/write that. Wow. Anyway, since then, I have found 3 more sisters AND MY FATHER, which, while a blessing, has been akward getting to know him. But this has been a blessing in so many ways and I love him as much as any of my family I've met. To see pictures of Dad and I side by side is -- spooky. It's like my black and white twin! If you want to see a nice newspaper article on it, look at : http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/mar05/306929.asp .
I had written a thank you letter to the library and the local media contacted me, along with Good Morning America. They wanted to fly us out to New York to be on the show, but we declined. Try, if you can, to imagine the stress! The national media component was too much for us. Next journal entry, i'll put the letter to the library. It's a heart warming story, so if you're in need of a 'feel-good' news piece before bed, here you are (this gets me random hugs and tears from women all the time...lol). Enjoy!
I am currently Exhausted
I am listening to The Saddest Song - Morphine