Today is the one year anniversary of my dad’s death.

It’s been a weird year since he passed away. I’ve vacillated between reflection, gratitude, sadness, and confusion. Today, I’m commemorating it with a beverage (or several) at the place we’d enjoy happy hour together in his last few years.

Two men are smiling in a restaurant or bar, with one wearing a hat and yellow shirt and the other wearing glasses and a gray shirt.A young man is dressed in a military uniform with a hat, displaying a serious expression.Two people wearing Arizona State University apparel pose for a photo at a football game.An older man is sitting at a table in a restaurant with two glasses of what appears to be beer in front of him.A man is playfully holding a happily posing child in a kitchen with wooden cabinets and various items on the counter.An elderly man in a hat, sitting at a bar, holds up a glass of beer while a woman nearby smiles, and a dessert with a lit candle is on the counter.Two men wearing sunglasses are smiling and embracing, standing in front of a textured, patterned wall.A man in a white shirt is holding a shirtless child outdoors, surrounded by trees and foliage.A smiling couple stands at a doorway holding a baby between them.Two people wearing sunglasses stand smiling in front of a rocky landscape with mountains in the background.