Jimmie's Feeling....Mighty Homesick...Today

....The ex-wife of a former co-worker A "Mondavi" executive......back in the day ....Messaged a matter of importance Telling me...of his having passed....away Responding to the news immediately .....I shared a little story of note "Jimmie...from day one he called me I got homesick whenever he spoke"..... Throughout the entire sum..of my childhood ....Growing up.....in Southern Illinois Jimmie the name everybody called me .....Way back...as a little.....bitty boy Cherished nickname I hadn't heard in ages Mere thought of it old memories stoked ....'Twas Jimmie....always he'd call me Got homesick whenever he spoke..... My siblings...having long dropped...the moniker And the old folks they've all passed away ....Now....all bereft........there's nobody left Jimmie's feeling....mighty homesick...today Author's note: Dedicated to the memory of Larry Graeber (28 August 1938 - 3 September 2012) , a dear friend - former Vice President Sales, Robert Mondavi Winery Addendum: Larry's former wife, shared my message with their children. Collectively, they invited me to speak during their father's Napa Valley memorial service.