Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The Best Car Salesman

I just decided that most of these posts will be happy ones, I can assure you of that! Wow, I can seriously tell yall just SOO MANY wonderful memories I have of my Daddy. He was a car salesman for most of his life! I think he started helping my Papaw (his dad) when he was 16 at the car dealership. Then my uncle (and his twin) Jack and Daddy took over Jordan Pontiac years later. They knew the business well. Everything almost came natural to them though because they started working early! When I was in Kindergarten, they had to close down Jordan Pontiac. But Daddy moved on and worked at another dealership, then the latest dealership was Jim Golden Ford, where he stayed. He met so many people in the car business. He made a difference in many lives. People sometimes tell me, "Oh your Daddy sold me my car" or "I bought all my cars from Jerry." And they all grinned! I always LOVED going to his office to visit him or calling him on the phone at his office. I can hear him now saying "This is Jerry." I wish I could help all of you readers visualize everything I see in my mind when I am typing this. I admit, I am having a hard time typing. Grief is hard. Maybe that is why I am having a hard time. I still pray that when others may read this, it helps them in some way or another. I will hopefully put pictures on here soon. My heart is full of love for my family. The wonderful thing is, I see part of Daddy in all of us. I see a part of Daddy in my Mama, in Kelly, in Eric, in Russell, in Logan, Lauren, and I see a part of Daddy in myself. Not a day goes by that I don't notice a little thing I do here or there that reminds me of him. And I think,"Daddy would do that!"