I woke up feeling better than I have. and so off we went to Greenlawn. The day was beautiful, the sky was blue, and aside from missing a turn or two on the way to section 41, we arrived with Bob's favorite day lilies in hand. DG placed them on the overgrown headstone. The whole place is unkempt, but still beautiful, with the huge trees and the birds and God's blue skies. We sat in the car together, then, and rememberd DG's Dad, and we cried because we think he would be pleased to see how well we are doing.
Then we drove around to the other side of the section, and we put day lilies on my Dad's head stone. He has been gone since 1938. Still, he is always in my thoughts. He was, to my children "the real Al Harmon"; as much as they and I adored Al Harmon Jr., they are still respectful and loving to a man they never knew. There have two Al Harmons since my brother; we have Rocky, Al III and Weiler, Al IV. And I think it is appropriate to include Alex Ruben, named for Molly's Dad.
We stopped for Starbucks on the way home, and visited with each other some more...
A perfectly wonderful day. I wish the same to all your parents out there.
I don't have time to edit this. The Pebble Beach golf tournament has just come on. It's kind of ironic that I am rooting so hard for Tiger, who doesn't seem to have been a wonderful father, but his Dad was so important in his life, and in his skill , that it is fitting that I salute all fathers everywhere, including, of course, the fabulous fathers, Bob and Tim Greene.
i always love seeing you write about anyone in our family, but i do need to tell you that alex was named after your mother..Amy IE: nana, the "A" is what i used...larry wouldn't hear of naming a child after someone who was still living. god forbid, the ghosts wouldn't have time to leave their marks....altho i wanted the 'harmon' name as a middle, but that didn't work either...compromises, right??? xo
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