TaterHill Happenings: June 2008

Sorry that I have not posted in a while. My Grandpa, Steward "Bud" Ebersole, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 17, 2008. So we made a trip to PA for the funeral. He had a horrible pneumonia infection in his lungs that he was unaware of. He felt sick on Monday, went to the hospital Monday evening, and passed away Tuesday morning. We are so thankful that it was quick and he did not suffer.

Grandpa will be so greatly missed. I miss him so much already. Even though he was in PA and I'm in SC, we were still very close. I did my best to call him every other day. In fact, I had just talked to him on Saturday before he passed away. He sounded great and was excited that he was going to get up to the barn to feed his 150 chickens. We had a wonderful conversation and I'm so thankful for it.

Grandpa will be remembered for many things but probably the most popular will be his chickens and the eggs he sold. In fact, there were even egg customers at his funeral! All of the Grandkids that were able to, took some of Grandpa's chickens. I hauled 8 chickens back with me from PA. We got home last night and I'm already getting eggs! It seems like the trip didn't even phase them! So now we'd like to continue in Grandpa's legacy and will try selling some TaterHill Eggs! I'm planning on making a sign today to hang on our fence. We'll have more eggs than we will need at this rate.

Grandpa never got to meet Connor in person and that's the hardest thing about this. We had a trip planned for July 25th which Grandpa knew about and couldn't wait to see Connor. He did see lots of photos of him though. While we were in PA, we took some photos of Connor around Grandpa's farm....enjoy the photos. And Grandpa, I love you and can't wait to see you again someday!