I went over to Mom's house this morning to help her hang up the various certificates and what-not in Dad's bedroom. See, it used to be my bedroom when I lived there. After I moved out, it was a guest room or sorts and when Dad's health started to decline about 5 years back, he moved in since it was right across the hall from the bathroom. Now, it serves as a memorial to the greatest man I've ever known. God, I miss him.
We started with the flag that was presented to Mom at the Honor Guard service last Friday. We bought a case for it and hung it in the center of the wall.
Next up came the display case Mom put together using some of Dad's ribbons, the only medal of his he didn't throw away (don't ask, I don't know why and neither does Mom), three of the shells from the 21 gun salute at last Friday's service, and a few decorations Mom's picked up here and there.
After that, we hung Dad's Air Force retirement certificate and Mom's appreciation certificate for, as she put it, "being a good Air Force wife."
Up next came a plaque from the Air Force for outstanding performance in quality control inspection.
Then came the three pieces from the Air Force memorial that Dad was a charter member of with a donation he made a number of years ago before it was built. They wouldn't photograph to well and my camera is on the way out thanks to our kitty, so I took a group shot of the wall before the final pieces were put up.
And lastly came a variety of certificates thanking Dad for 35 years of military service (both Air Force and Army) and then 40 years, retirement from his civil service in the Army, and appreciation certificates for him and Mom.
It was a fun and somewhat frustrating time since I didn't get the bottom row terribly even. It was more fun than not and I was more than happy to help Mom out with this. I can't wait to go back and look at it all again.
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