User:Lanabugg

My dad started calling me Lana bug when I was very young after his uncle Jim bug. My dad was a wonderful father. He would have fought the world to protect his 5 children. Not only was he a great Dad but he was the greatest fiddler you could find. He let many opportunities go by to become famous worlwide to stay home with his family. He hated being away. He passed on an audition to play for bluegrass legend Bill Monroe and countless other missed opportunites. He was happy to stay close to home. He did play out on the road a few times only to catch a bus home after a couple of days. I have been many places where I thought for sure no one knew me until someone asked my name and it would always surprise me when they would ask "Do you know Jim Strong?" I cannot express in words the pride and joy I would feel as I listened to their stories about what a great fiddler he was!! I love my Dad and miss him so bad it hurts, literally. I will never adjust to life without him. I would not trade one second of my lifetime for all the riches in this world!!! I truly mean this. I had the happiest childhood you could ever imagine. We may not have had alot of money but we had what money could ever buy...each other and all the love you could possibly dream of!!!!