Hope and a wish

Happy birthday Dad, Today I spent my whole day at home watching football, wishing I could watch the Bucs live with you.  Remembering those days when we watch the Bucs game and after the game was over you would fall asleep in the chair, snoring away.  I would have to get the grill going and then wake you up so you could cook the steaks.  Those were special days. I never sat back and thought what it would be like to lose you.  How can you when everything is going so well? Then life hits, and it just makes you wonder and think I could have treated ya better. I know I could have. You hear it all the time, and I heard it from you many times, "One day i'm not going to be here to help you son." Those words never sank in until now. I do know you raised me so well and gave me so much, in hope that I might do the same when its my turn.  Well dad, I will remember and I will try to be as patient with this little one as you were with me. And I will make sure that he/she knows that you hoped and wish for this day to be for a very long time........

Dad and dog 1947

My dad was 4 years old with this photo was taken. I'm not sure what the name of the dog was? He is in a lot of
pictures through-out the album.  I guess thats why my dad was such an animal lover.  I don't think there ever was
a time when my father didn't have animals around.  I do remember when I was little someone gave us a dalmatian.
It was such a fun dog, lots of energy.  If the dog got out, it would run for days. I mean there was no one in the
neighborhood that could catch it. Eventually it would wear it self down and come back looking for water. I wonder
what happen to that dog? I think we ended up giving it to somebody with a larger yard. I hope it was the size of a
football field because we had a pretty big yard when I was growing up.

Dad 1945

My father Richard Alan Pearson, no date on the back of the photo but I"m guessing its sometime
around 1945 based on the other photos around this one in the photo album.  

Groundbreaking

No date on this clipping, I"m thinking its early 70's. I'm wondering why and when they decide to change the name of Derby Road to Diary Road, which is the name I have always know it to be.  A great photo non the less.

1944 Lincoln Rd

My father when he was a baby in 1944. I"m not sure who the other boy is. No name listed or
written down.  Looks like the house was on Lincoln RD in Anchorage, Kentucky.  I looked the
road up on google maps and I think they changed the name to Lincoln Way but i'm not sure.
My grandmother's writing is really bad, now I know where I get my bad penmanship from.