A holiday season with mixed feelings
Mood:  rushed
Now Playing: "O Christmas Tree" by the Vince Guaraldi Trio
I had a perfectly wonderful blog entry almost completed yesterday, and I hit a button on the computer and it *poof!*, disappeared. And it was a nice long entry too.

Christmas this year has seen a few ups and downs. The worst thing that has happened is that my friend Jimmie Londagin from True North Farm was killed in a farm accident a week ago Tuesday. It was such a shock to us all, as Jimmie was so filled with life, laughter and love for his friends and animals. Many people from the Sheep Thrills list came out to say goodbye to Jimmie. The funeral was held at the farm, in the fields that Jimmie so loved. While his time on that particular farm was so short, you could tell by just how many of the locals were there that Jimmie had touched with his friendship. While we all shed tears, we also laughed at some of the "new" lyrics we sang to "I'll Fly Away" and to the stories that people shared about Jimmie.

The funeral on Saturday reminded me of what wonderful friends I have though. Seeing Thrillers from far away, like Carolyn, ClaudiaLB, Catherine, Stef, Nancy and Shelley, and those that live closer, like Marcy, Deanna and Robin helped to put things into perspective. The lesson for the week, which unfortunately, had to be given by the Clue Fairy with her Clue-by-Four was "Don't sweat the small stuff....and it's all small stuff!"

Goodbye Jimmie. We'll miss you.