(Photo from Oprah Winfrey’s Company - HARPO)
After Oprah Winfrey’s half-sister Patricia tracked her down and explained how she and her children pieced together a lifetime of puzzle pieces about the mother who gave her up for adoption, Oprah was impressed by one thing - that her half-sister hadn’t sold her out to the media, to the tabloids when she discovered she was Oprah’s half-sister.

In a world where everyone is after a piece of Oprah, or her money, or what she can do for them, or give them - someone she didn’t know cared about her as a person and respected her enough to “deal with family over family matters.” Patricia considered Oprah “family,” and didn’t even consider selling her out - famous or not.

Oprah said she wasn’t so fascinated by the possibility that Patricia was her sister as much as she was by the fact Patricia wasn’t motivated by money or fame. I don’t blame her. I don’t blame her for her relationship with Gayle King either. She’s real. How lonely it must be when we don’t know if we’re loved for ourselves, or our money, talent or resources.

Wealth and fame comes with a price - that you never really know who likes you for who you are, or what you have. It’s more valuable than you think.

I’m glad for Oprah for two things - that she has a sister with that character, and that she gets to know her. It’s about time someone gave her as precious and valuable a gift as she has given so many.