Saturday, January 17, 2015
My memories of Evan are all about the Farm and the Cottage, of course.. I actually remember waiting for Evan to be born, seems to me he was a wee bit late. I think Gord had a pager with him during deer hunting, in case anything happened. But Ev waited until after deer hunting was over and the meat was all done up, and then he made his entrance (on December 1, my Dad's birthday too).
When Evan was pretty darn young, I remember him getting up on water skis - down on the Mississippi . I remember that the other cousins were trying to get the hang of it, and there was no way Evan was going to brag that he could already do it. He just let everyone else have a turn so that they could catch on too. And he cheered them on.
I remember Evan getting an old boyfriend of mine to touch the electric fence with a piece of straw. Again, Evan was young. He didn't say very much. But he got this fellow to touch the electric fence... and when the jolt came, well my boyfriend jumped a foot in the air. And I will never forget, Evan didn't say one word, just a great big grin spread across his face..... I swear he was all of seven or eight years old. I can picture it to this day (a little bit of Uncle Alex - his Grandpa Headrick - in there I would say!).
And I remember fondly when, in his grown up years, Evan would stop by down at the cottage. We had a few talks then, not too serious, just stuff and things. But more than once he would reminisce about my Grandma and Grandpa Jones - Aunt Moon and Uncle Lorne to him - and the days of the "old" Jones cottage. It always made smile that he had good memories of those times. We all do.
I had really expected that Ev and me would have more talks like that. It is still not registering with me that we won't, at least not here.. And that I won't see that incredible grin spread across his face, well not here anyway.. But we are both Christians, Ev and me, both people of faith.. so although I am missing him like crazy now and feeling a great big empty in my life where Evan should be, I am glad to know that we will have Eternity in which to chat again.
I'm sad that you got so tired out so early on, cous. Rest now; see you soon.