Today dad would be 92 if he was still with us. He passed two years ago this July 14th and turned 90 on June 25th before that. Last year, the first birthday after his death, mom wanted to celebrate his life by meeting together with as many family as could come. We all met at Cheddars on the patio and she brought a large framed picture of him. After we ate, we each said something about dad, either a memory or a comment about him as a person.
This year mom asked that just the four of us and our spouses come so that we could get around a table at Logans. We were off to ourselves there and as we ate our salads, again she ask that we each share a "daddy" memory. She grieves for him and makes it clear her heart is ready to meet up with him in Heaven. I said tonight that granny lived to be 97 and mom had sharp hearing, mind, and pretty good body. She could live that long...but she said she didn't think so.
Here are a few pics:
Mom has always loved her sons in law. She and dad treated them as their own sons. Thought of them that way as well. Each of them have lost their fathers and both Glen & Larry have now lost their mothers. Clyde still has Helen, we call her granny and the great grandkids call her Gigi.
Kent, Beverly, Martha, me & mom. K-youngest, me-next, then Bev & Martha. Mom will turn 86 in December.
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