Amy Sellers
Dad was always known as a very funny guy. His humor was always positive, not demeaning. You couldn't help but laugh. His dementia may have taken his memories from him, but his humor stayed.
A couple of examples...
1. His kids loved letting him know he had EIGHT children. He would always exclaim with wide eyes, "EIGHT children? What was I thinking!"
2. At a wedding reception last year, his grandson sang with his bride. I mentioned to Dad that Adam has his "singing genes", to which he quickly responded, "Oh, THAT'S where they went!"
3. Dad always looked ahead to the next life unafraid. In fact, when he and Mom purchased two plots in the local cemetery, for the longest time, he wanted to go visit spend time there. It had a gorgeous view of the mountains and a little gazebo nearby where people could sit. When I went with them one day, he laid down on the ground and said, "This is how I will fit." He knew that death was not the end but a new beginning.
Humor when he had a memory...
1. I have memories of riding together in the car on Halloween night and him doing his own "Vincent Price" laugh to a couple on a motorcycle in front of us at a light. As a teen it should have been embarrassing, but we were loved it:)
2. My dad kept his sense of humor even during the hard times. In this story, we went to a doughnut shop as a family after doing our paper routes one Saturday morning. On the way out, he paused at the front and told the cashier he needed, "One for the road." We should have seen it coming, but when we were exiting the parking lot, the whole family saw his car window suddenly roll down and then witnessed the now flying doughnut bounce into the middle of the street, while we sped off. It left us laughing for days, years, and now decades.
I'm sure I will add more memories, but these are what come to mind today. Dad, we miss you fun humor.