Pictures that got to me in another way

[LennG]

 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.




















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.

[Jolly Blue Giant]

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

[ozzie]

Heart wrenching photos. I feel for every family that has to go thru that.

[LennG]

 But it is the love of a child for their father, same as Ric posted, just a lot sadder.