Remembering her role-model. Bob Saget‘s daughter Lara penned a loving tribute to her late dad on the first Father’s Day since his January death.
“My dad wasn’t just my dad, he was my best friend,” she captioned a throwback photo from her childhood via Instagram on Sunday, June 19. “He wore his heart. He didn’t hide it; he wasn’t afraid of love. My dad simply wanted to share laughter and love with this world.”
She continued, “I have noticed how scary it can be to love that big, to open so fully. It is easy to be angry, fearful, or negative. Maybe love has an infinite quality and is boundless. My dad taught me that it doesn’t matter what life throws, how hard, how painful, how seemingly impossible. It doesn’t stop that love. He chose love, always.”
Bob Saget and Lara Saget Courtesy Lara Saget/Instagram
The sweet photo features the Full HouseThe alum matched his daughter in a red shirt, and smiled softly. Lara vowed to honor her late father’s legacy by continuing to share the love he always showed to others.
“The love is right here. And it’s my responsibility to give it to myself and to share by living in the love,” she concluded. “I love you infinitely, dad. Happy Father’s Day.”
Saget’s former Fuller HouseCostar Jodie Sweetin commented, “Beautiful, Lara. Sending you lots of love today ❤️❤️,” while blogger Erica Eckman wrote, “Thinking of you girls today ❤️. The way your Dad lit up whenever he spoke of you was so heart warming.”
Lara and the comedian also shared daughters Aubrey JenniferEx-wife Sherri Kramer. Saget, 65, was found dead in his Orlando hotel room on January 9. His death was later ruled an accident due to “an unwitnessed fall,” per the Orange County, Florida, medical examiner.
“We are devastated to confirm that our beloved Bob passed away today,” the How I Met Your Mother alum’s family told Us WeeklyIn a January statement. “He was everything to us and we want you to know how much he loved his fans, performing live and bringing people from all walks of life together with laughter.”
Saget was not laid to rest until a source exclusively revealed the following: Use that his loved ones were still trying “to process what life will be like without him.” The actor was “the most loyal and warm-hearted person you could ever meet, a loving friend and colleague — plus, of course, a truly wonderful and dedicated father and spouse,” the insider added.
The former America’s Funniest Home VideosRizzo was married to host in 2018 and the couple openly shared their feelings about feeling complete. “I mean, Kelly and my daughters love each other, so it really is some magical thing that happened. They just love each other,” Saget told UseBefore their wedding day. “And we want to enjoy the love of each other, so that’s something that we want to do. … I’ve been the dad a lot. Maybe I’ll be a grandfather one day. My daughter has a boyfriend. I’m not rushing it.”
Rizzo chimed in, “He’s been there, done that. … Maybe one day I’ll talk him into a dog.”
