Beautiful writing...you really are a gifted writer. I have to ask...are those really your glasses....that shot is hilarious with the glasses and no teeth!
Yes . . . you are a gifted writer . . . and you have used your photos to their best advantage. I love that your photos are not all directly linked to the journaling . . . but you entwine the journaling to include the photos.
Your dad was a brilliant teacher and well as a brilliant father it seems.