The different faces of Dad through the years....
Let's start with the present.
Whenever I leave home, whether I'm going grocery shopping or leaving for a long trip, Mom and/or Dad comes to the door and stands there waving until they can no longer see me at the end of the street. This picture was taken July 25, 2010, as I was leaving home to head back to D.C.
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Family tradition has us celebrating birthdays with a meal 'out on the town'. For whatever reason, last year was pretty low key. This was December 12, 2009 at the International House of Pancakes (IHOP);
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Dad and Corlene hanging out at the Verizon Store, February, 2008.
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The first celebration at my D.C. apartment - my brother's birthday in October, 2007.
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A typical pose of Dad's. This picture was taken at a office picnic in 2003. He refers to this as his "Old Geezer" picture. Some people tell me he looks like a Hasidic Jew in this shot.
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Now, let's jump back a few years.....
Family picture circa 1998. What?? No beard?! Yeah.. the beard was an addition in the new century.
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Dad and Chris in 1998. The coffee mug leads me to believe they were leaving in the morning, but Chris isn't in his grade school uniform. Who knows?
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Dad in 1997 (not much change, but it's a great picture!)
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Dad was the musical one among his brothers and sister. He made himself a solid-body guitar and then taught himself how to play it early in college. Through college and beyond, he could be found playing gigs with various bands in the Fort Cochin area. Mostly covers of The Ventures, The Shadows, The Beatles, and The Beach Boys with some Elvis Presley and other artists of that era.
Here, Dad with his brothers and sister - Raphael, Monica, George, and Paul - in October, 2005, with a picture of their Mother.
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January, 1999. He's probably playing a Harry Belafonte song, perhaps Jamaica Farewell.
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A typical evening at home back then.... circa 1995. I see this and the jukebox in my mind plays The Ventures' "Quarter Master Store". Or "Walk, Don't Run".
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This is circa 1989. Dad and I would do little duos together. Here, I was singing Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You" at an Indian Catholic Association talent program. I can remember the audience in my mind, but I have no idea where this was.
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Another father-daughter duo, 1988. Mom insists I was singing The Beatles' "Yesterday." Funny that she remembers but neither Dad nor I can remember.
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Dad's passed on his guitar playing skills to his son.... 1997. (I'm always the singer.)
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Jumping back a few more years....
Dad and I at Wonderland, Summer 1984. Granted, you can't see either of our faces clearly. But this is my all time favorite picture of Dad and me from my childhood.
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Family picture, 1982.
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Dad and me, December 1981. I think it's the day I came home from the hospital.
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Dad and Mom, November, 1979. One of my favorite pictures of my parents.
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Wedding Day, June 5, 1978. Such a solemn occasion.
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Here is Bachelor Dad - December, 1976 (Age 31). My brother and I call this "The Superman pose."
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Here's the earliest picture I have of Dad. He's probably around 17 years old, circa 1963, holding his niece, Daisy. (This was the picture that inspired this whole post.)
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And finally - true beginnings. Here's a picture of Dad's father. I think this was taken in 1961? I used to think Dad looked more like his Dad, but he's now a spitting image of his Mom.
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What I find so amazing is that Dad looks different in each phase of life - and it's not just the beard. Mom, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have changed much at all. Fascinating. I intend on doing one of these documenting Mom, just to prove the point. (And so she doesn't get jealous or anything like that!)
Whenever I leave home, whether I'm going grocery shopping or leaving for a long trip, Mom and/or Dad comes to the door and stands there waving until they can no longer see me at the end of the street. This picture was taken July 25, 2010, as I was leaving home to head back to D.C.
From Dad updates
Family tradition has us celebrating birthdays with a meal 'out on the town'. For whatever reason, last year was pretty low key. This was December 12, 2009 at the International House of Pancakes (IHOP);
From Old Pictures
Dad and Corlene hanging out at the Verizon Store, February, 2008.
From Old Pictures
The first celebration at my D.C. apartment - my brother's birthday in October, 2007.
From Old Pictures
A typical pose of Dad's. This picture was taken at a office picnic in 2003. He refers to this as his "Old Geezer" picture. Some people tell me he looks like a Hasidic Jew in this shot.
From Old Pictures
Now, let's jump back a few years.....
Family picture circa 1998. What?? No beard?! Yeah.. the beard was an addition in the new century.
From Old Pictures
Dad and Chris in 1998. The coffee mug leads me to believe they were leaving in the morning, but Chris isn't in his grade school uniform. Who knows?
From Old Pictures
Dad in 1997 (not much change, but it's a great picture!)
From Old Pictures
Dad was the musical one among his brothers and sister. He made himself a solid-body guitar and then taught himself how to play it early in college. Through college and beyond, he could be found playing gigs with various bands in the Fort Cochin area. Mostly covers of The Ventures, The Shadows, The Beatles, and The Beach Boys with some Elvis Presley and other artists of that era.
Here, Dad with his brothers and sister - Raphael, Monica, George, and Paul - in October, 2005, with a picture of their Mother.
From Old Pictures
January, 1999. He's probably playing a Harry Belafonte song, perhaps Jamaica Farewell.
From Old Pictures
A typical evening at home back then.... circa 1995. I see this and the jukebox in my mind plays The Ventures' "Quarter Master Store". Or "Walk, Don't Run".
From Old Pictures
This is circa 1989. Dad and I would do little duos together. Here, I was singing Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You" at an Indian Catholic Association talent program. I can remember the audience in my mind, but I have no idea where this was.
From Old Pictures
Another father-daughter duo, 1988. Mom insists I was singing The Beatles' "Yesterday." Funny that she remembers but neither Dad nor I can remember.
From Old Pictures
Dad's passed on his guitar playing skills to his son.... 1997. (I'm always the singer.)
From Old Pictures
Jumping back a few more years....
Dad and I at Wonderland, Summer 1984. Granted, you can't see either of our faces clearly. But this is my all time favorite picture of Dad and me from my childhood.
From Old Pictures
Family picture, 1982.
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Dad and me, December 1981. I think it's the day I came home from the hospital.
From Old Pictures
Dad and Mom, November, 1979. One of my favorite pictures of my parents.
From Old Pictures
Wedding Day, June 5, 1978. Such a solemn occasion.
From Old Pictures
Here is Bachelor Dad - December, 1976 (Age 31). My brother and I call this "The Superman pose."
From Old Pictures
Here's the earliest picture I have of Dad. He's probably around 17 years old, circa 1963, holding his niece, Daisy. (This was the picture that inspired this whole post.)
From Old Pictures
And finally - true beginnings. Here's a picture of Dad's father. I think this was taken in 1961? I used to think Dad looked more like his Dad, but he's now a spitting image of his Mom.
From Old Pictures
What I find so amazing is that Dad looks different in each phase of life - and it's not just the beard. Mom, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have changed much at all. Fascinating. I intend on doing one of these documenting Mom, just to prove the point. (And so she doesn't get jealous or anything like that!)