Delivering Daddy's Portrait

Tatiana giving Papa sugar!!

The Portrait

Kenny and I drove to SC on Tuesday to see Mother and Daddy AND take him his portrait that I painted. He had seen the very beginning but this was the first time he had seen the finished painting. I was so excited and didn't know Kenny was making a movie - I thought he was going to take pictures so I kept saying the Flash is not turned on! It took him a while to get me to understand he was taking a movie! I think you can see that Daddy liked it (even though the light was all wrong) and when he wiped a tear from his eye I almost lost it! We all went for a lovely dinner and had a great visit the next day too. He gets so tired but he held up very well for 96 years old! We did get a couple of pictures too - I'm just so proud of my Daddy.

Daddy's Portrait - I finished it!

I cried a little when I signed this portrait....I took the picture Christmas morning this year, 2008... And Daddy turned 96 on January 14th 2009! It wasn't a "posed" picture - I was just snapping while he was waiting on the coffee to brew and we were going to open presents. I just loved the way the light hit his hands - those wonderful strong hands that held me, pushed me on my first bike, built my tree house, planted in the earth and guided me through life. I will be taking it to him on my next trip to SC and hope he loves it as much as I do........And I love him....