MY ATTEMPT TO LOCATE A LOST STEEMIAN - MISSION COMPLETE
Was @papa-pepper successful in locating @jed78?
About nine months ago, @jed78 stopped posting on steemit. @jed78 was one of those early steemians who @papa-pepper had really connected with. Sometimes we posted similar content, and often we would talk on steemit.chat. We exchanged some garden seeds, and @jed78 had even told me that I could stop in if I was ever in the area.
IN THE AREA?
“The area” is Texas, and Texas is huge. Although @papa-pepper has lived most of his life in Wisconsin, he has been to Texas about a dozen times. Most recently, the @papa-pepper tribe took a trip from Arkansas all the way down to the border of Mexico, so we covered a good portion of the eastern side of Texas.
We were even blessed enough to be able to spend the night at the house of @xtrodinarypilot and @xtdnrymompreneur. Since they live within an hour of the last known location of @jed78, this definitely put us “in the area.” Yesterday, we awoke with two goals.
Attempt to locate @jed78.
Make it back home eventually.
THE MYSTERY
Over the time of steemit’s existence, there has been a lot of ups and downs. Steemians have come, and steemians have gone. @jed78 was one of those steemians. My attempt to locate him was not so much a mission to get @jed78 back on steemit. It was more of an attempt to locate and old friend, and let him know that I still cared. I suppose that I could have just sent a card or letter to the address that I had sent his seeds to, but he did give me an open invitation to drop on by. Yes, @papa-pepper has been known to take advantage of invitations.
In the midst of my attempt to locate my old friend from steemit, there were also a few unanswered questions. Was @jed78 still alive? If so, was @jed78 still around? Had the Kiwano seeds that I sent him taken over his greenhouse and eventually destroyed him as well?
In my mind, there was only one way to know for sure… drive one over.
TARGET LOCATED – MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Completely unannounced and out of the blue, I showed up at the house of @jed78 after having no contact with the man for the past nine months. When he peeked out of his front door, it took him a minute to recognize me, but he figured it out.
Soon, we were walking and talking like old friends. It reminded me of old time, except now we were doing it in person, rather than online. The @little-peppers and I got a tour of the green house and were able to meet some of his animals.
There had been certain changes that periodically occur in life, and @jed78 had been through a few. I won’t share everything here, but I will say that the man is still doing well. As certain things in his life changed, steemit took a backseat. I do think that it caught his attention when I mentioned a few things about my steemit experience, and he did saw that he would most likely “get back to posting on steemit eventually.”
While we were there, he even gave me a few cuttings from one of his Muscadine Grape vines. I remember seeing these same grape vines online eleven months ago (photo below), and now I have my own cuttings to grow from them.
Before we parted ways, we exchanged phone numbers to make future contact easier, and he also gave me another open invitation to stop by anytime… Yeah, you’ve gotta be careful telling @papa-pepper things like that.
In case you missed them in my first post about attempting to locate @jed78, here are a few posts from way back in the day that @jed78 made about our interaction.
What Makes Steemit Great? Folks Like @papa-pepper Make It Great!
@papa-pepper Scammed Me... In a Good way!
A Steemit Collaboration: @papa-peppers Seeds In the STEEMHouse!
Papa-Pepper's Kiwanos Take Over The World, Or Just My Greenhouse!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-target-located
Until next time…
Don’t waste your time online, invest it with steemit.com
Hey Ya'll, @jed78 here. I can confirm that @papa-pepper did arrive and the above story is true...my part of it any way!
Maybe it's time for ole jed to tell the story! stay tuned
Maybe you should share your side of the story! Nice to see a comment from you again!
Thats awesome how you found your old steemit friend, I bet he was shocked to hear about how far you and steemit has come since 9 months ago. Wouldn't it be something if he popped up here on steemit again!
I can't confirm it, but I may or may not be back LOL
hahaha its really you? welcome back man its been a long time. I'll be checking out your new posts!!
Congratulations! This is an exemplary act of proving loyalty and care to friends.
Heart - warming - lovely post. Good to know *jed78 is ok, and good to see that some Steemians really do care!.
Thanks for sharing @papa-pepper!
Upvoted - Resteemed
Glad you found your friend @papa-pepper
Me too! I was amazed that he was home!
Beard war :P
Haha awesome post @papa-pepper! Well done. Rocking that goatee I see!
Upvoted... Thanks for sharing, you always share the right idea for the followers
Well done papa pepper to locate lost steemians i appreciate your hard work and efforts.
I'm glad that I found him, and that he is still doing well!
Awesome @papa-pepper.. I knew you were going to locate him. It is good to know he is alive and will be back on steemit. Job well done soldier of steemit. #salute
Thanks friend! I figured that it would be a success, but there sure was a lot of room for it to fail.
Funny how it all fell into place, If i hadn't of slept as late as i did, we would have already been on the way down to Galveston! It was meant to be my friend!
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