A Hobby of Hope….

Sep 28, 2018Museum0 comments

Some of you may be wondering who on earth is the obsessed person that has such a passion for Petroliana sign collecting? Well honestly I have wondered the same thing….and it is my dad. Sparky Sparks is his name, or at least what he goes by. He has a passion like no one I have ever know. He has GRIT and perseverance, he finds work fun and hobbies are only useful if they have a future purpose. We his 8 children wonder, “WHAT IS THE PURPOSE” of collecting sign after sign after sign, driving all around the country at 78 years old?

Our mom, Jeannie, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a few years ago hasn’t slowed this passion but instead just pushes the passion of hours on end spent together traveling, making memories and collecting signs. Does she love it like he does? No, but she loves him and his addiction to this “Hobby of Hope” I will call it. Hope in what?

Hope in a love of life, making memories, persevering, staying young, making connections, and cultivating new friendships along the way. A hope of, surviving hard things and doing it together as a couple who loves eachother and spends just about every moment together on the road or off.

This blog is written by me, his daughter, Tiffany, and by him sharing their adventures about his Hobby of Hope.

Before the P-51 Mustang was set on top of Lakeside Storage Units building Grandpa Sparky and some of the grandkids got to enjoy the plane on the ground.

Five out of the eight children enjoying this P-51 Mustang that Sparky and Jeannie (the parents) hauled across the country to put on display at Lakeside Storage.

Grandpa Sparky and the Grandkids enjoying his passion of collecting at Lakeside Storage.

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