My dad was not a fan of having his picture taken. However, he absolutely adored his “punkins”, as he called them, and asked me to take this shot of him with all his grandkids before going home from a visit to our house in Fort Campbell, KY years ago. It wasn’t planned, and we made a makeshift photo set with a dining room chair in front of my fence, but he loved this picture and was so excited to have it. I think this may have been the last shot I got of him with all 5 of his grandchildren; I think it was taken in 2013. We lost him in the winter of 2017, just before New Year’s Eve.
This Father’s Day, I think about my daddy and how proud he would be of all his beautiful punkins. The kids have grown up so much, and I know he would get a kick of how they interact with each other and with us. He would probably get teary-eyed at how grown up and mature the oldest 4 are, and at how far the baby of the bunch has progressed since he last saw him.
If there’s one thing my parents taught my sister and me, it was how to love. This Father’s Day, I will reflect on my many memories of my sweet daddy, and the way his kind heart overflowed with love for his children and grandchildren.
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