My camera battery died before I was able to get a picture of the Senior Chief Petty Office presenting my mother with my dad's flag.  I found this picture on the internet and wrote a little something to go with it:

My Father's Flag, so carefully presented to my mother that sad but beautiful day, April 17, 2009...
A golden heart once beat, now there is silence; but only for a season, for we will meet again in the great place God has prepared for us.  Until then, I will never stop loving him, never forget his smiling face, his warm, engulfing hugs, his encouraging words...my Daddy, William...my "Protector".  LoveLeigh