Wordless(ish) Wednesday

This isn't the greatest of pictures, but it holds a very special place in my heart. This is my dad, Lou, with Manuel on Easter Sunday of 2008. My dad ADORED Manuel with every piece of his heart. My dad was a good man. A man with many issues that he ultimately could not overcome. My dad died unexpectedly (yet expectedly) on May 15th, 2009 a few months shy of his 60th birthday. This Sunday, August 29, 2010 my dad would have turned 61 years old. I'm going to do a post in his honor on Sunday, but for now...


And for good measure...