Jimmy's Farewell Party

                                                                                   

I was there in the delivery room with my daughter when Jimmy was born. I knew from that first moment that my first grandson was going to be a warrior. How? Well for starters, he punched the doctor who delivered him in the nose within seconds after being born. No! I’m not exaggerating. My grandson reached up and popped the doctor in the nose. We all laughed about this even the doctor.

                                                                  

 

Growing up, Jimmy was always fascinated by Ninjas, swords, knights and soldiers. He and his brothers fought many battles in my back yard as they pretended to be pirates or Samurai warriors. I was often encouraged to join in the battle, but most of the time was assigned the job of corpse or prisoner. After Jimmy graduated from High School, he joined the United States Marines. Oorah! But, what my daughter, her husband and his grandparents didn’t know was that Jimmy had been planning this for some time.

                                                                   

 

My daughter and her husband had a big send-off party this past Saturday for Jimmy who will be heading to Camp Lejeune for infantry training.

                                                                                       

Friends and family all gathered around to celebrate and it was the best time ever. Plenty of good food and conversations made the whole day perfect. 

                                                                                

I even got to visit with my daughter’s childhood friend, Rita Palange-Screnci, who was there with her husband and son. Rere and Rita were always together, through thick and thin, and I’ve come to think of Rita as my second daughter.

                                                                     

                                                                   11 year old Rere and Rita

Jimmy’s younger brothers, Joshua and Nathan are sure going to miss their big brother. Who will they fight with? Oh yeah, each other!

                                                                  

 

The perfect party included a surprise visit from the bike club, Warriors Watch Riders of NJ, who stopped by to say goodbye. Joshua and his friend Tyler get the credit for arranging this. Tyler’s dad is a member of the Warriors Watch Riders. Thank you, Mr. Tucci. Jimmy's childhood friend, Sean is also leaving for military tour, overseas. Stay safe, soldier. 

                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

I was thinking as I watched Jimmy joke with his friends and family at the party, that it has been a blessing watching him grow from that infant, who came out fighting, to the man he is now.

                                                                                            

 When he leaves on Tuesday, he’ll take his family’s love and support with him, but….also a nice chunk of his parent’s and grandparent’s souls. That’s how we live forever…giving chunks of ourselves (our souls) away to our children, grandchildren, and future generations. Oorah!

                                                                      

Catching Up With Life

                                                                       

Hello to my blogger, twitter, Facebook and Google + friends and family

If you haven't noticed, I didn't post a new Lilith Escapes episode this past Friday.

Don't worry Lilith is doing fine and will return in a few weeks; the girl is a survivor has been since the beginning of time. But, I'm doing a project that begs my attention. In fact several projects.
                                                                           

                                                                       
I have the first of the trilogy novels in the hands of my editor, Patti O'Brien, a fellow member of the South Jersey Writers Group and a friend. I'm in the process of revising what needs to be tweaked and then off it goes; out into the publishing world, and hopefully, into your hand.


Beware the Harvesters is a paranormal/science fiction action romance. Emele is the main character; she doesn't know that she's Lilith until the end of book one.

Our writer's group is also preparing for another anthology. We need your help! check the link below to find out how you can help.


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/195597240/south-jersey-writers-group-2014-anthology?ref=email


Other News:

Two of my grandkids graduate High School this June. Annie is going to college and

Jimmy is healed and joining the Marines; he wants to be a State Cop when he's done serving.

My sister Jane ( the one that I've been trying to kill since the day she was born! Only kidding; I love her) Is visiting us this summer.

My ghost hunting friends and I are trying to start our own investigative group; "Purveyors of Spirits and Other Oddities". I'll let you know how this goes.

Kids! What's the Matter with Kids Today?

                                                                            

Yes, the song is from Bye Bye Birdie and it’s as true today as it was when the musical came out in 1963.

 http://youtu.be/1wCXr_6wgns

Every time that I stop by my daughter’s house there’s never a dull moment. Today, I walked in as my daughter was asking the oldest of the desperadoes if he was taking her to the Mother and Son dance as part of his senior year graduation.

                                                                   

   

                                                                   “I don’t dance,” was his reply.

                                                                                      

                                                  “So, we’ll just go and hang out,” was hers.

                                                                                 

                                                                 “Nope!” he replied.

This went on back and forth for at least thirty minutes. Jimmy has given my daughter angst since he locked her out of the house when he was only two years old. Oh yeah, let me tell you about that. His brother Josh was only a few weeks old, and it was summer. Jimmy wanted the air conditioner on and he wanted to watch cartoon central (or something like it). ReRe wanted to do arts and crafts while infant Josh took a nap. She went out onto the porch to get the mail. What did Jimmy do?

                                                                    

                                                               

He locked the door; put on the air conditioner; put on the T.V. and made himself lunch. We’re talking only two years old.

The only reason my daughter was able to get into the house was because I had called from work and asked Jimmy to put Mommy on the phone. I wanted to take him to the park. When ReRe got on the phone and told me what he had done; I knew then that she was in for a ride of a life time. Believe me, Jimmy has perfected the art of driving his parents crazy, and I’ve had to talk his parents out of sending him to Military School many, many, times.

After thirty minutes of this back and forth, blah, blah, blah, I did what any grandmother would do; I reasoned with him, cajoled him and then finally threatened him. I would post baby pictures of him on my blog.

                                                                        

 

                                        Jimmy is taking his mother to the dance! Amen.