I’m told he was a prankster and fun to be around. He loved to party. He loved to laugh and smile. But when I try to picture his face, all I remember is a mustache and a furrowed eyebrow.

Only about 4-5 pictures of him remain- and he has a stoic expression in all of them.

I wish one of the pictures showed his smile. I wish I could remember his laugh. I wish a lot of things about my dad.

A week ago my mom and sister visited my aunt, his sister. We now have a new picture! Of course, no smile. But he is younger in this picture than in any of them I’ve ever seen before- maybe just a couple years older than my 19 year old son.

The resemblance is uncanny- especially the mouth and jawline.

Maybe I have seen my dad’s smile after all.