I just found out that my good family friend Jackson passed away last night.  He was kind of incredible. Always had a cool story to share (the man knew Al Capone for goodness sakes!).  He remembered dates and names better than anyone I know and got around town like it was nobody’s business.  He was a US Army Veteran.  He’d been married 7 times and has 40 children.

Things I’ll miss about him: his charming laugh and sense of humor, his way with the ladies, stories of his young girlfriends (in their 70’s), fried chicken, and wet willies.

We share a birthday on the 24th of this month.  I’ll be 25 and he would have been 106.

His clue to a long life was simple: “Love myself so I can love everybody else.”