This picture was at my daddy's 89 3/4 birthday party in 2003. I wanted to have his friends come celebrate hi 90th birthday but it was in January & I was afraid of the weather...rightly so. That day was a mess. So I decided to have in October. He still lived in our hometown so I put an ad/invitation in the local newspaper. It was funny because he didn't see it but was confused why people kept wishing him Happy Birthday. Sneaky. And my niece surprised him from Arizona. Her kids were little ones at the time & I heard her drive in so I told him that I'd heard someone at the back door. He told me I was crazy but went out to the to look, to find Niece with her hands over kids mouths. He was surprised!! It was a very good day. He griped a little for show but he loved it.
2 of the people who came down from Lubbock were my friend Lee & her husband Pete. I'd worked with Lee for years & she'd met my dad but Pete had not. But Pete & daddy hit it off first thing. Pete never met a stranger. He always made me laugh. And he adored Lee & his family. My favorite thing was to give him a compliment through Lee & then told her not to tell him I said that.
Pete died in March. He & Lee had been married for almost 49 years. They have 2 daughters & 1 grandson. He is a good soul.
I talked to her on the phone a couple of weeks ago & she mentioned the party. She said he thought the world of my dad, whom he'd only met that one time. She even told me there was a picture of the two of them taken that day & he kept it under a magnet all these years. This is the picture. The story & the picture made my heart sing.
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