Here's to you Dad . . .

Always be able to look back and say
"At least I didn't lead no humdrum life."

- Forrest Gump 

My first haircut. 
In the picture with me are my Dad, my Grampa Bill, and my Great-Grampa Bill.   The same barber gave me, my dad, and his dad our first haircuts.

BORN:
Feb 28, 1939

DIED:
Mar 3, 1996

I miss you, Dad . . .
I wish I had told you more often how much I loved you and how much you really meant to me.

Billy

I found this cigar in Dad's possessions the other day, well over two years after his death.

As the story goes, Dad stashed it away for safe-keeping the day his daughter (my little sister) Susan was born.

Susie never knew how much her Daddy really loved her . . .

Susan
Born May 7, 1967

(Dad carried this picture in his wallet)

Mom and Dad, Billy and Mikey
Feb 6, 1960

Dad's patented $million$ smile!

Dad, lookin' way too cool!
Jan 10, 1955

Dad in the later years shining up
his '56 Chrysler

US Army Veterinary Corps
Kagnew Station, Ethiopia
May 1962

Personal effects from Dad's wallet
(Dad loved eagles)

Dad managed this NCO Club
in Korea

Dad had this letter tucked away in a  Bible his parents gave him in 1953
(the letter was written by his Dad,
my Grampa Bill)

Hey Dad!  What's up with that hat?

I never knew how sentimental Dad was until after he was gone.  Among the many things I found in his personal possessions, was the Bible he gave me in 1965, pictures of the kids, and the book I gave him on Father's Day, 1987 (Fatherhood, by Bill Cosby).

______________________

Daniel Boone?
Oct 1, 1972

US Army Veterinary Corps
Kagnew Station, Ethiopia
May 1962

Dad with "the Motley Crue"
43rd Ordnance Detachment
Fort Knox, KY
Feb 1966