Dad’s House

The Home Place is Sold
Jim Reporting: Last week we closed on selling Dad’s house in Knoxville. I have been experiencing a mixture of emotions from knowing the house now belongs to someone else. We moved into that house about 57 years ago. Many memories on my Mother and Dad go with the surroundings of that wonderful home. That’s sad. At the same time we were glad to sell the property and remove the worry and expense of an unoccupied house. It had to be done, but my heart aches.

Memories I’ll keep forever from that home…

• Family meals and birthday celebrations
• Mom’s wonderful smile
• Dad working on his blog
• Dad’s tomato garden and those web cams
• Mom and Dad’s love and support to Mary and me

And I could go on and on… the house is gone now, but the memories will live on in our minds and hearts.

 

My Sister’s Birthday

Today is Mary’s Birthday! February 5…

This is Jim writing… I wanted to let all our friends know about Mary’s Birthday. We had a great time together on Saturday. Our cousin Karen and her husband, Pat, brought Mary to Kingsport. We had a delicious meal at Outback then back to the home for cake, ice cream and family time. It was good!

Mary, I hope you have a wonderful birthday. Sure wish we could be with you today, but glad for our time together on Saturday.

From left to right: Karen, Beverly and Mary. Picture taken on Saturday, 2/2/13

Hello to Our Friends

I hope this winter has not been too hard on you. We had an ice storm in East Tennessee last week but got through it without any real harm.

This is Jim writing… and I wanted you to check my blog today as I am writing a little about Dad and his poultry and egg business. I am showing some of the advertising  that Dad used such as this old ink blotter, etc.

Click here to read more: http://tennesseegrandaddy.blogspot.com/

Updates
Mary & Prince seem to be doing good. Prince is good company in her Knoxville apartment.

Jim had hip replacement surgery 4 weeks ago and is progressing normally with the help of physical therapy.

Dad’s home has been on the market for several months, but it appears we may be closing later this month.

As you would know our sadness lingers, as we think of Dad every day. He continues to remind us to smile and show kindness. We chuckle a little at times when we think of some of the funny things he said.

Happy New Year! 2013, It’s Here!

It’s hard to believe that we are moving steadily into another new year. Mary and I want to wish all of Dad’s and our friends the best of wishes for a very happy New Year.

Some News
On the last day of 2012, New Years Eve, Jim had his hip replacement surgery. He came home from the hospital yesterday and is doing good. You can get more details from Jim’s

Tennessee Granddaddy blog.