doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
I've been scanning all of our old photos and burning them to disks, so I can have multiple backup copies. Many of them are not replaceable, so it's long past time I got around to this project.
Anyway, in honor of Father's Day, I though I would post four pictures of my own father, who died in 1988, at four distinct periods in his life. I think it's important to remember that each of is far, far more than what we seem to be at any given instant. How many different people was your father?
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As a boy of 8:
As a student in the priesthood on Mt. Vesuvius:
As a newly married man, about to embark on the adventure of family (on the day my parents bought their first house):
And as I best knew him, older, wiser, but also much more tired after six kids and 28 years of teaching:
Anyway, in honor of Father's Day, I though I would post four pictures of my own father, who died in 1988, at four distinct periods in his life. I think it's important to remember that each of is far, far more than what we seem to be at any given instant. How many different people was your father?
____________________
As a boy of 8:
As a student in the priesthood on Mt. Vesuvius:
As a newly married man, about to embark on the adventure of family (on the day my parents bought their first house):
And as I best knew him, older, wiser, but also much more tired after six kids and 28 years of teaching: