My Daddy

So, I've been thinking a lot about my Dad lately. Last Tuesday (5/24) would have been his birthday, and Memorial Day applies to him because he was in the Navy. My Mom has also been thinking about him a lot, which also adds to my thinking about him.

In all of this thinking, I realized that I never explained why I decided to go with a rainbow theme for my blog.

When I was little and we lived in Florida, my Dad and I used to always go hunting for rainbows after the rain. It was something that we did together, just the two of us. I now regret not continuing that tradition with him when I got older. I mean, we would comment to each other on rainbows that we'd seen independently, but we never went hunting for them like we had when I was young.

I hope that this is a tradition that I can pass along to my children and grandchildren, and hopefully to each subsequent generation after that. Every time I see a rainbow, I will think of my Daddy. Rainbows may not hold the same meaning for my children, or their children, or their children's children, but hopefully it will mean something positive for them.

I will always cherish them memories that I have with my Dad...I just wish that we would have had more time to hunt for those rainbows.