
That would be Wrenn's dad holding him on the way to church to be christened. Beside it is Dad with all the family (Eva, Carl, Cindy in arms, Russ on the left and Wrenn on the right) at Camp Haley a few years further along. Next is my Dad,about to give me away. To the right is the 5 year old me, Daddy, and my sister, fishing in Florida. Yes, it was hot and pants only pants were not optional. I remember that trip vividly. We camped in a pop up tent that dad pulled behind the car, sleeping on little shelves they called beds over my parent's heads. All night long I fell off my shelf and landed on my sleeping parents. Oh, and my sister got chased out of the Gulf of Mexico by a crab that was almost as big as the mosquitos. I think we had way more fun than my parents.
Next row, Wrenn holding Jason in the hospital with a proud papa beam on his face. Almost as excited is the picture of Ben with the fish his Dad had caught earlier. I love the next one of a sleepy group, Eva, Dad, and Jason, all in their undies on the floor in front of the TV. Moving ahead a few years our trip to Disneyworld for the 15 year anniversary of the park. Then there is Dad in costume picked by his daughter, "giving" her away at the occasion that was forever to be known as "Wedstock" because of the two hurricanes. God spoke but we did not listen.
In the middle of the last row is a typical activity at our house almost 30 years ago, "horsie, daddy, horsie", and Dad was never too tired to play. To the left is our son with his firstborn and the proud papa beam. On the right, with an older and wiser version of the same look sits the proud Granddad...and the beat goes on...
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ReplyDeleteThanks so much CEO for your good wishes to all for Father's day.
ReplyDeleteElaine,
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to email you today and then realized that I only have your email on my work email (of which I can't get to right now), not my yahoo one or gmail one. Could you send me something so I can email you back? the addresses are april_gerard@yahoo.com or ap.l.gerard@gmail.com, either one will work. Thanks!
or of course you can pick the email from my profile
ReplyDeletePicking good daddies is the hardest job we mommies have(aside from being mommies of course)
ReplyDeleteIt's always a trade off Brook, but I think we both did pretty well. Too many girls don't realize they are marrying the father of their children.
ReplyDeleteI promise I'm not a total idiot, but I did space that one didn't I? Don't know why I didn't think to get it off of your profile...
ReplyDeleteWhat would a girl do without her daddy? Love the collage... might be a good idea for next year!
ReplyDeletexoxo
My dad was my hero. GIrls do not usually struggle with the relationship with Dad like they do with mom. My sibs could never forgive him for being human but I loved him warts and all.
ReplyDeleteThe only problem with the collage was decided which pics to use out of so many memories.
I love this collage of love - and Wedstock? Just sooo cool...
ReplyDeleteI miss my dad every day - Thankyou for sharing your living love-memories, SpellBee! x