Movie night and Happy Father's Day tomorrow

 

Portrait of my father 
black marker on bond paper
7 x 9 inches
Barbara Muir © 

Tonight is movie night, Saturday night, and we've had a super
day with family.  As always when it's close to Father's Day, I'm
thinking even more about  my own father, who's been gone for
too long.

My thoughts from a former post express my thoughts perfectly, so
I'll share them with you:

"I like the portrait of my father. It makes me happy
because it captures the wonderful, loving nature of my Dad. 
In the reference photo my father is smiling at Christopher, my
older son, who was a little boy at the time.  Our son Sam had not 

been born yet.  I miss my father every day.  

And my  father is still a huge influence in my life.  He was a
wonderful writer, a business man, a fabulous photographer, and
 a great painter -- good at all of his roles. He was a strict father to
young children, which is probably why I don't like rules to this day.
I'm sure his time in the navy contributed to that. But as I grew up we
developed a happy bond over art, and over family, and were

close at the time of his death from lung cancer way too early.

My dad would have been delighted to know our children and to
see how they have grown up into amazing people."

Have a loving your life day!