Visit to Florida to visit Shirley

Carrie and I went to visit with Shirley this morning in Florida. I could only remember all those great times we had in past years with this couple we love so v...ery much. This old tractor, which Jess loved so much, still runs. For two or three years I would go over to ShagValley Farms, I would crank "old red", call Jess on my cell phone and hold it close to the engine so he could hear it run. He got a kick out of me doing that for him. I would ask him if he thought it still run ok. In a few days he and Shirley would show up in Georgia. He loved to ride that tractor around the farm. Carrie and I told Shirley this morning, that we missed her coming to visit and that we loved her very much. She smiled, so I knew somehow, she knew what I said. We both held her hand, touched her cheek, and Carrie and I left for home, knowing that the long trip was well worth spending, just that little bit of time with the most beautiful girl ever to come out of Georgia.