{"id":541,"date":"2017-06-18T23:35:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T23:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/?p=541"},"modified":"2021-05-20T22:12:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T22:12:15","slug":"fathers-day-at-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/18\/fathers-day-at-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Father’s Day at the Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have written before that Peggy and I end up in Destin each year for Father’s Day due to a conference that I attend each year. It is becoming a fun little tradition that we really enjoy. Apparently, we were not the only people who thought Father’s Day at the beach sounded like a good idea. Here is the view from our table at lunch today:
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That’s a bunch of umbrellas…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was a perfect day for hanging out outside. Not too hot. Bright sunshine. There are going to be a lot of sunburned people in Florida tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “tradition” we have started got me to thinking about the men in my family. Now that my son is married I have thought that it would be fun to try to get all of the Skaggs men together and get a picture of the event. It would be challenging since we live in several different places, but I think it would be a great thing to do while my father is still alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wasn’t sure where the idea came from, though. Then I came across this picture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All the Skaggs men — circa 1990. My brother, my cousin, me, my father and my grandfather.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I did not remember this picture being taken, but that is all of the Skaggs men. I know it was taken before 1992 because that is the summer my grandfather died, but I do not really know when it was taken. The length of the shorts — and the loudness of my shirt — makes me think sometime between 1988 and 1990, back when real men wore short shorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I look at that picture and see my cousin, I realize how fortunate I am. Tommy’s father died before he was a teenager. My father did the best he could to be the “father figure” for his brother’s son, but I know it was tough. Tommy (he’s not called “Tommy” anymore, except by us) has two grown sons of his own, so a current picture would now have seven men in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just think it would be something that one of the young men would look back on in twenty-five years and think, “I wonder what we were doing when they took that picture?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you still have your father to celebrate with this year. If you do, enjoy every minute — and take pictures of it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Happy Father’s Day from Destin!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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