Note:  I started writing this blog nearly two months ago, but never got around to finishing it till now.  It's from the heart about a dear friend:



::Sigh::

It never seems to get any easier.  I've had two different blogs on my mind before writing this one.  I will post those at later times.  But this subject is more important.

On March 7th, I lost a dear friend.  Jerry Skeen, as many of my friends know, owned, operated and managed Rediscoveries from 1998-September of 2000.  He hired me on and I started there November 16, 1998.  I can not thank him enough for that opportunity because he was not only a great person to work for, he was also a good friend.  Thanks to Jerry, I had the opportunity to meet a lot of great people who became great friends.

Over the years, I wondered what became of him after he sold Rediscoveries and moved to Lexington.  A couple of years ago, I heard that he became a manager of a Hot Topic store in a mall up there.  I kept telling myself "I'm gonna take a trip up there to visit him."  Sadly, I never got the chance to.

That's something that will bother me the rest of my life.  I hope he knew that I never forgot him and how much him and Rediscoveries had an impact on my life.  I honestly consider that period one of the best of my life pre-Connor. 

Jerry, my friend, I hope you are looking down at all of us and smiling, and you know that you are loved by a lot of people.

And all my Rediscoveries friends that knew him and knew me, please take a moment to remember him and how much he really meant to us.

God bless.