Remembering John

Photo taken by Hiroshi Yasunaga

We remember John Lennon as so many different things.  He was one of the Beatles,  a songwriter, a musician, a rock n roller, a teddy boy.   John was a lad from Liverpool.   He was a New Yorker.   He was a peace activist.  He was a protester.  He was a dreamer.   John Lennon was an author and an artist.  He was a funny guy.  He was smart.  He was serious.   John was a friend.

One thing often gets overlooked:  John Lennon was a husband and a Father.   When he was murdered, Yoko became a widow and Sean no longer had a Daddy.    Today I want to remember John as a Dad that would wear flip-flops while riding a bike with his toddle strapped to seat in the back while on vacation in Japan.