Happy Birthday Uncle Bob

My brother-in-law Bob Jordan (dark blue shirt) celebrates his birthday today and so I say "Happy Birthday" to him. I believe he is celebrating by driving to the country with his wife Wesley Anne (on the left) to spend the weekend with his brother.

He is not only celebrating his birthday but good news from the radiologist that the scan on Thursday showed the recent chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma is clear. Wes sent a text on Friday thanking everyone for the prayers. One last side-affect of the chemo is the resistance to antibiotics and a nagging ear infection so prayers are still accepted for a quick recovery to that nuisance.

Since Bob married Mark's sister Wes, he quickly became a favorite to his nieces and nephews. When they were very little he invited them to spend time at the farm with he and Wes where they walked in the woods, played in the dirt, rode the horses, and wore themselves out having fun. Bob always wore a bandanna around his neck to wipe the sweat from his face and when he and Wes attended our son Daniel's wedding, he presented Daniel a bandanna to remember those early years on the farm. (This was at the rehearsal dinner which Sticky Fingers catered and bandannas were used as centerpieces on the tables.)

Later when Bob and Wes bought a plantation in Clinton, Mississippi, they moved it and restored it brick by brick and then invited the entire Shartle family to visit. I'm not sure if the kids enjoyed the swimming pool or the fireworks the most, but I venture a guess that it was Bob's invitation to ride on the tractor as he drove them around the acres of land surrounding Avondale Plantation that impressed them.

Ice cream after a great day at the park in McComb, Mississippi; then another drive through the woods on a three-wheeler seeing a huge (their words) snake; and over 100 TV channels on a satellite disc - all great memories that Bob provided the kids at their first home in Mississippi.

The kids grew up and the trips to Mississippi ended but Bob and Wes never failed to share in the wedding memories; first Brian's here in Chattanooga; then Daniel and Debbie's on the Oocee River; next Jennifer and Kevin's in Foley Beach, South Carolina; and finally Jason and Laura's in Phoenix, Arizona. All great fun and made special because the Jordans were present.

And so I close by wishing my dear brother-in-law, Bob Jordan, many more Happy Birthdays and thanks for all the great memories!

Love,

Pris