Reunited With Cousins!

A few weeks ago I made a cold call to the phone number of a possible family member. I got to a standstill in my genealogy research of my Grandmother's family. My father told me to call my cousins, the Benedetto family in Brooklyn, NY. Their Mother was Helen Guarino and she was my Grandmother's younger sister. I was nervous but I made the call. That was over a week ago and I heard nothing from them. I figured I'd try again later or just let it go because I may have gotten the wrong Benedetto family (I had to look up the phone number and figure out if they were the right people). Today, I was taking a short nap with the baby when I heard the phone ring. My eldest son picked up the phone and I could hear him saying "Mom is asleep right now, can she call you back?" I also heard him talking about how his Grandfather was doing and I got curious. He asked the person on the phone "Who is this again?" B..Benedetto. I jumped to get the phone. Turns out the person on the phone was my second cousin, Marie and she got my message on her phone in Brooklyn while she was visiting from her second home in Florida. That was why she didn't call sooner. I asked, "So, are we related?" Did I get the right family?" She replied "Yes, we are related" but the Marie Benedetto I was calling was her father's sister and she passed away a few years ago. I was very sorry to hear that but I was almost in tears of joy that she thought enough to call me. I was ecstatic! She had me on speaker phone so that the others in the room could talk to me also. My father's cousin Nick was on the line and Marie's Mother Alberta. Well, I let them know about all my genealogical research on our family and they were very enthusiastic about it. They want copies of my research and I am happy to oblige. Later I called my Dad in Georgia to let him know about the call. He was ecstatic too!. He said, "I told you to call them, didn't I!" I think I made my Dad very happy. Well, tomorrow morning I am off to Brooklyn to see my cousins. Alberta told me to bring a notepad because they have a lot of good genealogy info for me. Who said you can't go home! Yay!