D is for Dad

This is my dad back at Christmas.  That content smile and the Golfing Santa tie pretty much sum him up.  Sometimes I'm bummed that we have a bit of a language barrier between us... and it seems to get worse as the years go by.  But then sometimes I realize traits in myself that I must have gotten from him: my love of having company, finding a joke in everything, general optimism in life... and that makes me think that I'm a lot closer to him than I think.