{"id":2285,"date":"2017-10-22T09:17:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T16:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/?p=2285"},"modified":"2017-10-22T09:17:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T16:17:40","slug":"the-80s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/the-80s\/","title":{"rendered":"The 80s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is my Dad’s 80th birthday.<\/p>\n

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I’m the smaller one in the picture.<\/p>\n

He was my first hero.\u00a0 At 5 years old I suspected that he may actually be Superman, because he wore glasses, just like Clark Kent.<\/p>\n

He did his fatherly duties as well as anyone could, maybe better sometimes.\u00a0 He’d take us out on weekend trips to the movies or the flea market or to a park.\u00a0 He took each of my siblings and I out for driving lessons.\u00a0 He takes care of his kids and grand kids as well as he can.<\/p>\n

I remember once asking if I could take up model rocketry as a new hobby.\u00a0 He said no.\u00a0 Later, at one of the time my brother was practicing driving\/parking in the parking lot at Candlestick Park, we watched some folks launching model rockets.\u00a0 Next thing I know Dad is taking me to Toys R Us to pick up an Estes Rockets X-15 starter set.\u00a0 Over time he built a home made launch pad for me, better than the plastic one that came with the starter kit.\u00a0 I built 6 or 7 kits and we probably launched a total of 5 rockets before I lost interest in it.\u00a0 At least 1 or 2 were lost to the winds of San Francisco.<\/p>\n

He’s given us his unconditional love, as well as a few health scares along the way.\u00a0 At 50, I sometimes find it annoying how he still feels the need to make sure I have something for breakfast or dinner, even though I’ve been doing that for myself for over half my lifetime.\u00a0 But I get it.<\/p>\n

Still annoying, though.<\/p>\n

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Happy 80th birthday, Dad!\u00a0 I love you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is my Dad’s 80th birthday. I’m the smaller one in the picture. He was my first hero.\u00a0 At 5 years old I suspected that he may actually be Superman, because he wore glasses, just like Clark Kent. He did his fatherly duties as well as anyone could, maybe better sometimes.\u00a0 He’d take us out … <\/p>\n

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