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Submitted: September 22, 2012
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Make:FUJIFILM
Model:FinePix A303
Shutter Speed:1/104 second
Aperture:F/2.8
Focal Length:11 mm
ISO Speed:100
Date Taken:Jan 2, 2002, 8:14:01 PM
Software:Digital Camera FinePix A303 Ver1.00
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Surprise Stock: SenshiStock's Dadby *SenshiStock

Resources & Stock Images / Stock Images / Model / Male / Portrait

This is a portrait of my dad about a month before he died due to complications with his liver in 2006. I drew this image in pencil for my step mother but she also recently passed away and no one seems to know where the drawing went. I hope we can find it someday.

There's something in this image that really moves me. My dad was a very lonely and sad man after my mom passed away when I was young. There were a lot of wonderful and happy things in his life, but also a lot of sorrow and tragedy. My mother was the absolute love of his life and I think the day she died, most of him died too. When he found out that he had liver cancer, he chose to not treat it; essentially, he chose to die. In this image I can see the long, sad trials in his eyes but he smiles, as he always tried to for us.

He used to tell me I was "the best thing he ever did with his life." :')

I don't know if there's an afterlife. My dad and I used to talk a lot about what comes next. He wasn't religious, but he was a spiritualist. He believed he would be seeing my mother again soon. He told me, "If I die and there's nothing at all after this, I want at least 30 seconds to be really pissed off!" ^__^;

His biggest regret was that he wouldn't get to see the end of the re-imaged Battlestar Galactica.

I hope they are together now. I miss them both tremendously.

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~M4RCOS-G4RCIA Jan 10, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

touching story, I was looking at your work and suddenly between to see this oldman and seeing his eyes started reading your story and description.
Your father was crying in laughter, life it shows in their eyes affliction but smiles for you (I assume you took the photo).

anyways, I wanted to thank you for the help you gave me for inspiration on poses and also congratulate you for the great work you've accomplished.

cheers

*SenshiStock Jan 10, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

thanks for the kind comment

*ChandniSky Dec 26, 2012 Student Artisan Crafter

I stopped by to look at this image just because it seemed interesting, and now I'm commenting to pay my respects to a man who, from your description, seems to have been an wonderful human being. Thank you for sharing!

*SenshiStock Dec 26, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

thanks for taking the time to comment!

~XJasmin3x Dec 11, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

aaaw

death... no one can escape it...

*SenshiStock Dec 11, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Death and taxes

~XJasmin3x Dec 11, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

hahaha

~SomeRandomIdiot Nov 21, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Awww <3

~GaramondBodoni Nov 6, 2012 Professional General Artist

Oh my God, thank you for sharing this with us, this is beautiful. I hope you're having a wonderful day over there.

*SenshiStock Nov 7, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Yep! Getting ready for snowwwww

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