YDG

Yellow Dawg Granny or YDG, as she was sometimes referred to during the height of the Blog fad, was a force of nature. Get on her bad side and well, she could be brutal. She passed recently. When exactly, I do not know. I do know she will be missed by many folks out here in the Internet ether.

Her real name was Jackiesue. She was a good friend of 20 years or so. I could count on her to tell me truths and have my back out here in the World Wide Web. I pissed her off once. I felt her anger for sure. But she forgave me and all was right again.

Jackiesue and I shared a common childhood. We were both military brats. We spent different times on the some of the same bases. Jackiesue was I think, 7 or 8 years older than I am.

"Fire and Rain", by James Taylor always makes me puddle up. Seems it is my go to song when someone I cared about leaves this mortal coil. Whenever I hear it, snapshots of folks from my life will flash through my mind like they are riding ponies on a carousel. 

Bean, Snake, Uncle Herb, Brother Joe, Mom, Dad, Buzzy, Andre, Granny, and now Jackiesue joins the gang on that merry go round. As their faces pass by and fade, I sit for a spell saddened. Then my heart will lift. I know ..... I just know since I will never forget them, they will never truly be gone.

RIP Jackiesue. 

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