Earlier this month, my dad was honored as a retiree at an awards ceremony from his long-time employer, Lakeside Industries.
Most of our family was there to enjoy a delicious breakfast spread, watch his slideshow, and listen to words from his co-workers about how valued he was/is and how much they're going to miss not only his hard work and abilities, but just plain miss him. He is definitely very well respected and valued as a heavy-equipment mechanic by all of his peers...I've heard so many times, if nobody else can fix it, call Gary! They joked that if you ever wanted to find my dad, you just had to look for the long line of truck drivers following him around the yard wanting him to fix their trucks. And at one point there was literally a line of people waiting to talk to him at the banquet, too!
I'm pretty proud to call him my dad. ♥
2 comments:
You two look GORGEOUS in that pic on the right hand side! :)
Congrats to your dad Cara! It's so evident that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree here. Okay well maybe in the mechanic area, but definitely not in the well respected and loved area! :)
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