Livin' In the Sweet Virginia Breeze

My weekly musings of living in the country with a great hubby, 2 adorable young children and our bulldog, Ellie.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

For Everything There Is A Season








After a long hard fought battle, George's Uncle David died from Esophageal Cancer early Friday morning. The top picture is George as a baby and his uncle on the right. "Red" was 9 when George was born to his sister (George's mom) in 1957 and when George was growing up he always considered him an older brother. Red was born and bred in Wakefield, Va and was very well known and loved in this tight knit community. The first time I saw him was when I started dating George back in '92 and there was this picture on the refrigerator of a young boy on a red rider that he had converted to a motorized wagon with a 1.6 hp engine. I asked George's sister Susan, "How old was George is that picture?" she laughed and told me it was their Uncle David, "Red" to everyone. It really did look like a young George. When I finally met Red at my first family get together, the resemblance blew my mind. He and his wife knew one of my sisters, Susan, who was a dental assistant at the time in Wakefield and their children went there for their dental work. We instantly hit it off.
He was a really neat guy and we shared a common interest with our love of basketball and baseball. He was a huge Duke fan, me Carolina. He despised the Yankees and I love them. But we would smile and laugh whenever a conversation pertaining to sports was launched and it always ended with us agreeing on something. I will miss that smile he always had on his face. In 2004 his only son was killed in a car accident. He was only in his early 20's. In the years following that he still managed to smile after suffering a pain no parent should ever have to endure. He leaves behind his high school sweetheart, and a daughter who is expecting her fourth child in a few weeks. He is finally at peace and with his son. Red you are going to be deeply missed.
The garden has tripled in size in less than a week the second picture was taken on the 14th and the third picture was taken on the 19th. We have received around 2 inches of rain in that time and the fertilizer we added in between tillings has paid off! We are picking squash, cucumbers, snaps, spinach, parsley and zucchini daily. The zinnias are blooming along with the sunflowers.
My two garden rats could ride the golf cart around this farm all day long. Tomorrow is Father's Day and we have Daddy George's card already made. We were going to the James River but it has been extremely hot and humid that we might just hit Papa's pool after the funeral services.


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