On our first Holiday Season without dad

[LMichaels]

So, This photo was the epitome and the character of my old man. Always loved a martini and a good meal. I think he was about 93 or 94 here. But always loved being around everyone and enjoying a nice drink and good meal. So this photo is gonna be made in a canvas wrap and hung in the back of my bar cabinet (which I inherited from him). I think it will be perfect!

 

[AndyK]

That’s a handsome man there that looks like he has had a good life.
We should all be so blessed.
It’s a perfect picture for your bar cabinet.
Cheers to him .

 

[ChuckO]

Here's to you Pappa, one for the books

 

[JimZ]

Cheers! You were lucky to have him for so long....

 

[LMichaels]

He would have been 99 on NY eve Thank you all!

 

[Wilmer Cogburn]

Great picture!

My dad passed 8/9/2005 at 81 years.

I miss him every day…

 

[Keith Jenkins]

I can relate Larry, particularly during the Holidays.
My Dad passed away on Christmas day of 2020, so my memories of him come to the forefront of my mind every year.
It does get easier; cherish the good memories....

 

[LMichaels]

Thought I would channel him

 

[JKalchik]

@LMichaels , I do like that picture of your Dad.

I think there's at least a few of us without our folks and other important people in our lives. Here's to 'em.

 

[Bob Bailey]

So, This photo was the epitome and the character of my old man. Always loved a martini and a good meal. I think he was about 93 or 94 here. But always loved being around everyone and enjoying a nice drink and good meal. So this photo is gonna be made in a canvas wrap and hung in the back of my bar cabinet (which I inherited from him). I think it will be perfect!
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Great pic!

He looked really good for that age. Lost my dad when he was 94. Natural causes, but he really went downhill the last several years. They were truly of the greatest generation. God bless their souls.

 

[LMichaels]

Yes in his case the last 3 years we saw a marked decline to where he was nearly immobile

 

[JimK]

Great pic. There were some social media posts going around this holiday season of people loading a pic into ChatGPT and saying 'turn it into a Norman Rockwell painting'. The results were very cool. Might be neat to try with that pic of your dad.

Edit: I just loaded a pic of my dad on Christmas and it gave it the Rockwell treatment in seconds. (yes, he was trying to grill and hand out presents simultaneously. Hence, the apron)

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

I miss my folks every day, especially at holidays, birthdays, Saturdays, Sundays….
It doesn’t get “Better” it just gets “Different”. My wife said that to me after my brother died, I think of them all every day! My brother was a huge fan of oyster stew after Midnight Mass, I brought the champagne! The folks were always happy for a midnight snack of that caliber!

 

[Tim Campbell]

Larry, you look a lot like your dad, and that's a compliment. Great pics, bud.