Simply the Best Dad

One of the most important things I've learned in life is the ability to smile. 

I'm not quite sure where I learned it - but on this - Father's Day - I think I need to give some credit to my Dad.

Always remember to smile - a good lesson

Again - smiling.  How can one person be so happy.....?

but that's Dad!

Dad loves a good pint - and perhaps going to Ireland was the supreme pilgrimage....

Dad loves a good brew - in fact he loves one.  Now he's a hip-ster, toting an iPod, a Blackberry, and a laptop.  But lets grab a snapshot in 2001 - when technology puzzled him.  Interested - Curious - Clueless.

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WDC = Washington DC - the Smithsonian.  Dad  is an American, thru and Thru.  

But he loves a quick pint - and so we oblige.

Foreign countries don't phase him - bring on the Canadians - in Niagara Falls.  Does it phase him?  Nope - he's still smiling.

And there they are - Mom and Dad.  They got married nearly sixty years ago -  bursting with the passion of youth.  What do they do as an encore, when their children are all grown?  

My friends, I fret and hem and haw, but I can truly say when they meet, it's hard for me to describe - but my parents are In Love.  Still Crazy After All these Years........

So today, on Fathers' Day - I give thanks and praise - and love - to Mom, and of course, Dad - still together, and still crazy, after all these years......

And sadly, we bid farewell to the Dad of Dad this year - a man who passed with no regrets.  At this end - I thank both of them - my grandfather (who I'll never see again) and my father (may many moons pass) -