My feeling of belonging as a child was curled up on my father’s leg while he was in his recliner

We would watch old John Wayne movies because they were my Daddy’s favorite

We would travel to national parks in California

He had the greatest belly laugh

We loved being together

My Daddy was a type A personality

He liked to get wherever he was going as fast as possible

He was hard working

He own his own business

We went to church every Sunday as a family

My father had grown up Southern Baptist so that was how my parents wanted to raise me

My Daddy was a deacon in the church and in the choir

He was a war photographer during WWII

My parents meet because my dad was stationed for training in my mother’s hometown

He asked his future wife how old she was and lied an said he was one year older when he was almost four years younger

We belonged together as a family

They were both my home

I miss them both