Ten years ago today in Dad's final journey, some doctor or technician apparently declared, "His lungs are beautiful!"

So, the problem wasn't in his lungs. Other scans indicated deficient diaphragm function on both sides, but that was a "what" not a "why" or "how." So, at this point in Dad's Cleveland Clinic stay, it was still: Scan, evaluate, eliminate another theory, and repeat.

#ClevelandClinic #StillSayingGoodbye #GoodbyeDad #MissYouDad

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The one ancestor who's opinion i care about. #MissYouDad.

#Journal, Day 1037
Friday, 20 January 2023

#missyoudad
#memorial
#workcrap
#donttestme

@TexasDarkSkies My favorite telescope memory happened in the late 1960s or early 1970s. I received a refracting telescope from Sears mail order on Christmas Eve. My father helped me set it up. We gazed at craters on the Moon. I later used that telescope to gaze at nebulae such as M42. Later I had a simple reflector from the Penney's catalog I found easier to use. As an adult I had a more powerful scope. But nothing ever matched watching the Moon with my father. #telescope #missyoudad

Her's an old wooden Santa ornament. It's from a 12-pc set (Arrow 336 Flat Wooden Paint-by-Number Christmas Ornaments), and my Dad painted it sometime in the late 70s or early 80s. Well, he painted all 12, but we have only three from that set (Santa, an elf, and a rocking horse). Not sure when exactly they came into my possession, but I know they are usually part of our holiday decor, and I know this photo is from 12/13/2015.
#ChristmasMemories #MissYouDad #Santa #Ornament

“There is no fixing. There is only moving forward in the brokenness.”
(The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern)

#MissYouDad #grief

Me, professionally surveying the damage that day in 1979 when my 12 year old sister somehow drove the convertible right through the middle of two (closed) garage doors. That’s my dad getting his repair tools ready, and my sister - without a scratch on her - on the trunk of the car. #ThrowBackThursday #MissYouDad

One year ago I lost one of the most important people in my life. Still miss him like hell... 💔
#MissYouDad #Sad #Mourning #LostMyDad https://www.instagram.com/p/CiVJ-kWoXyV/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=