It Was a Sad Night Here at our House Last Night

I had gotten an email from Sherry Masteller, who is my Longaberger Lady, and a daughter to one of our very close friends, that her step-dad, Jimmy Silverthorn, passed away on Saturday in his barn, in Elysburg, PA.

Jimmy was the lead singer and leader of the Free Country Band that, my hubby Chuck, played in, back in 1983-1993. He called Chuck one night and asked him if he can play bass guitar and Chuck said no I never tried it. Well, Jimmy said you have one week to learn because he needed a bass player. So, Chuck bought his first bass guitar from his friend, Lucky Kay, for $50.00. That was the start of his career in playing bass guitar. Jimmy also, got Chuck to start singing in his band and told him he would go far sounding like Willie Nelson. And that started his talent off on the right note.

It was Chuck, Jimmy, Nola, who is Jimmy's wife, and me for ten years traveling around to yard sales, and going to his dad's sawmill in Milford, NJ to look at the antique tractors. Jimmy loved his antique tractors and Nola just loved antiques. They made a wonderful couple, until God called him home on Saturday. Nola was out doing what she loved to do, yard saling with a friend and Jimmy was tinkering in his new barn he built to house his antique tractors. She found him something for his barn and she called him on the cell phone and he said yes hun, which he always called her, said he would love to go see what she found him. She told him I'm taking so and so home and I'll be right home. He said ok, and they said their I love you's and hung up. A short time later her cell phone rang and she saw it was Jimmy, but it wasn't, it was a young man who helped him around the farm doing the heavy lifting calling her. When she pick up the phone all she heard was someone screaming Nola Nola. The young man told her he found Jimmy dead in the barn. Jimmy was 59 years old and died from a massive heart attack.

Chuck has a picture on his desk of the guys that were in the Free Country Band and the only ones left now are Chuck and Lucky Kay. We don't know what happened to the drummer, Buddy, he is somewhere around.

We just saw Lucky Kay and his wife, Jeanie, on Saturday at Don-Laines Campground in the Poconos at his daughter's wedding reception. They came in from IL. for two days. We were all reminiscing about the good ole days playing together and having fun. Lucky Kay is 69 years old and Chuck is 57 years old. It is just so hard for me to believe that we are all reaching our senior citizen days.

Please don't take life for granted as we all sometimes do, because you just never know when God calls us home to heaven. Please make the time for family and friends and treasure their time here while they are with us.

The Baptism of Josslyn Carol

Today was a very beautiful Mother's Day. I started my day off at a very beautiful church in the country to see my granddaughter Josslyn Carol being baptized. She has two very special people to be her Godparents and they are, John's best-friend Jay, and Jamie's best-friend/co-worker, Michele. This little girl is very blessed to have these two people in her life. Congrats to all, parents and Godparents.

Happy Mother's Day to All You Moms and Grandmas

Today Moms are very special and I like to wish you all a very Happy Mother's Day.

We grandmas are the rock of the family.

Moms give the best hugs when their kids need one.

My Beautiful Granddaughter, Leanna

I want you to meet my beautiful granddaughter, Leanna Rose Jaylee. This is her school picture for this year. She is in second grade. Boy, it is hard to believe that she is going to third grade, already. Man the time flies.

She is involved in Brownies. She loves to dance and sing and act like a little princess. But she is a little tomboy wrapped in a little girls body. She is so much like her Nanny-Sue, when she was a little girl.