Memory Plank for My Father-in-Law

We said goodbye to my husband's dad in February, eight months after we said goodbye to my mama. He would have been 94 years old this month. His grandson and his wife surprised us a couple of weeks ago with this memory plank in honor of their papaw and my husband's dad. Such an awesome and thoughtful gift, and we had a wonderful visit with them, as well.

This is the best photo I could get, because it's at least six feet long, and we had to decide where to hang it, so, for now, it's sitting on the recliner in the living room. Then we decided on a place to hang it, and hubby got sick, so it's still resting in the chair, but we're enjoying it anyway!

Our nephew's wife used a plank off dad's old shed behind his house, prepped it, then attached five small pictures of hubby and his dad on some of their fishing adventures, because fishing was dad's life, a larger one of dad with the fisherman's prayer, the last fishing pole that hubby bought his dad, some of his floats and sinkers, and one of his favorite fishing shirts and caps.

The Fisherman's Prayer with a smiling dad, and we sincerely hope is sitting by that big fishing hole in the sky doing what he loved best. We all love and miss him so much! Life is not the same without him!