I definitely didn't want to rain on Ric's thread as he was trying to project a certain theme maybe Dads can see that make you feel good yet they really get to you.
I have always felt I am pretty stoic on most things, but one thing that always gets to me are children who are left to try and mourn a Dad especially one who died in the service of their country. Being a veteran and being around military families, even to this day, I have seen this pain firsthand. Children do not understand death, especially when it is their father. Their love is still there yet there is only a grave to be able to show it.
I have many pics like this that when I go thru them, I walk away with tears rolling down my cheek, --every time. This is love from a child to their father.
(https://i.postimg.cc/yxGZbHJd/36e6b05a8de08e2e4614b70796154a67.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Cxkqm9wh/child-whose-parent-died.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/PJCLZR6k/C05-BD3-E7-2-CA2-41-A7-A33-F-6-BCCBA4-EB492.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/cLyKgTwV/OIP.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/cJT6zS2S/Memorial-Day.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/0jKQrJQk/R.jpg)
Sorry to be a sort of downer, but to try and compliment what Ric is trying to show, there is love also, even in death.
I hear you Lenn...probably the most famous photo is this one...a kid at his dad's funeral being handed the folded flag while trying to keep a stiff upper lip and being stoic, but he's having a hard time doing that
(https://i.postimg.cc/RhnR9gr8/zzzzzzzzzzzzz.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Heart wrenching photos. I feel for every family that has to go thru that.
But it is the love of a child for their father, same as Ric posted, just a lot sadder.