Today, January 11, 2022 is the 20th anniversary of the death of my Dad due to Alzheimer’s Disease.
A horrible disease that robs the victim of his memory and ability to function.
We have participated in Alzheimer’s New Jersey Annual Walk since the year after my Dad died.
My Dad was a jack of all trades, he was a tool and die maker and retired from Northrop Grumman in 1990.
He was a photographer and took this picture of a man walking with two bags at the TWA terminal at JFK Airport sometime in the 60’s. He had a darkroom upstairs in our house, if you look at the negative of this picture you see people at counters… he used a technique called “dodging” to block out those other characters. He won several awards in the company camera club for this picture. In years past we had this picture on the back of our team shirts at the annual Alzheimer’s Walk.
He was also a master mechanic – he took apart my 1962 Ford Falcon engine and re-seated the valves of the straight 6 engine.
He was always looking for the new thing, the new stereo, the new camera or video recorder or video game.
If he lived in the current generation he would be at the top of the technology of this day.
Here is a more detailed post I did last year:
It is good to take this memory with the hope that I make him proud of me.
He is proud, for sure! ❤️❤️❤️