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sm4him · Oct 14, 2014

Dad with his first grandchild, my niece who recently got married:

sm4him · Oct 14, 2014

Being silly. My brother on the left, who actually could (can) play a guitar and sing, somewhat and my dad, who had probably never even HELD a guitar before and probably never held one again.

sm4him · Oct 14, 2014

One of my favorites: My dad with his firstborn. Sheer joy.

sm4him · Oct 14, 2014

My dad at Christmas. My dad was not a good gift receiver. It didn't matter whether you gave him a new car (not that we ever did) or a pair of socks, his reaction was always exactly the same. "How about that. Very good." said with a very flat affect.

sm4him · Oct 14, 2014

This probably LOOKS like a Thanksgiving dinner, but it wasn't. Dad was the cook in the family, and having been a cook in the Army, he truly did always cook "enough for an Army." We almost always had friends and various hangers-on join us for dinner, and we never ran out of food.

That bowl of mashed potatoes? That was pretty much standard fare in our house.

sm4him · Oct 14, 2014

^Still related to the food photo:

The first time I went to my best friend's house for dinner, her mother put this meal out on the table and I swear my first thought was "Is that individual servings?"
My second thought was, "Oh my goodness, I think that's supposed to feed EVERYone!!"
There was ONE piece of chicken for each person, and this tiny bowl of potatoes and another tiny bowl of green beans.

My sister and I both ate almost nothing at dinner, and then came home and had huge plates of leftover spaghetti.