Tuesday, March 10, 2009

A Year Ago...

A year ago today my Dad passed away. It has been a very strange and crazy year. I still think about him often. I miss him more some days than others, but it is almost always in the back of my mind somewhere. I know it has been a big adjustment for everyone in my family, especially my sisters who still live at home. It's just strange to think it has been a year already.

For the service I put together a slideshow of pictures of him to present during the service. Because I was/am not technically savvy I put it together in Corel instead of Microsoft, so we were unable to bring it up on the laptop because it didn't have Corel Works or whatever on it.

In a random box of stuff I found the flash drive I had saved the slideshow on, and was able to find a free trial of Corel to download online. So, today I was able to open up the slideshow and retrieve all the pictures from it and save them as jpg files in Photoshop! Yipee! Here are a few of my favorite pictures that I was able to retrieve.

My Dad when he was a kid. He looks so goofy. You can see he has a fun sense of humor.


This is a picture of my Dad on their honeymoon. They are at the Acropolis in Greece.


This is a picture of my Dad & I at Temple Square when I was little.


Here I am with my Mom & Dad on my wedding day. Won't be getting back into *that* dress anytime soon! Heh heh heh..


We miss you, Dad!!

4 comments:

  1. Jillian,
    I'm sorry to hear about your Dad. I remember when I went through this with my Mom.Its hard to go through no matter what, but the first year seems to be the hardest. It looks like your Dad is a great Dad and I'm happy you got to save those precious pictures.

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  2. Jillian your post brought tears to my eyes! I have never been through the loss of someone that close to me- I can't even imagine. But this was a great reminder to me to cherish and appreciate all those special moments we have with our loved ones. Thanks for your post.

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  3. I'm so glad you were able to retrieve your photos! What a beautiful thing to be able to save those memories of your father.

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  4. Jillian, I love this post. You are so amazing! I love your outlook on life and the strength you are to those around you. You are amazing! Everytime I see a picture that I want to delete I think of you and your dad...I am so glad you were able to save the pictures! Seriously girl I love your guts!!

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