My New Mission!

Hello, I am Telemokhas and this is my first blog post. First of all I'm from the Greek Isle Ithaka and a very important person there. My father, Odysseus, who is the rightful king, has been missing for about nineteen years. I have been maintaining life here and taking care of my mother who continues to wait for my father. Plenty of suitors ask for her hand in marriage but she refuses. Recently, Athena, the grey-eyed goddess from Mount Olympus, joined me for a meal. I knew she was a goddess when I met her and I was very excited to hear the news she would bring me. She spoke to me of my father. She believed that he was not dead and just being held captive on an island somewhere trying to escape. She instructed me to get my men and ask if there had been rumors of my father's whereabouts. If he is alive, I must wait a year for his arrival. If he is dead, I must give my mother to another husband and honor his death. I would really love it if Odysseus was to come home and I know my mother would be most pleased. And if I hear he is dead, I will be sad but then be able to help my mother and myself move on and continue with our lives here in Ithaka. Maybe I could finally take official position as the king. That would be fantastic! Finally I could get the rightful respect I deserve. I will do whatever Athena and the other gods instruct me to do if it means finding the truth of my father. If the gods tell you to do something, you must do as you're told. If Athena tells me to go look for my father and wait for his return than I shall and if I find out he is no longer alive I will do as told and respect him and move on with my life. I know now though that I am very excited for my upcoming journey's to find out what condition my father is in.