Robin Williams’ daughter finds sweet photos of dad while spring cleaning

Self-care and calming practices have become a bit of the norm during these days of social distancing, with celebrities endorsing everything from puzzles (hey Ellen) to games nights while trying to keep things fresh. Another great method of self-care? Decluttering. Especially when it leads to finding long-forgotten gems, like some photos of your deceased father. Enter Robin Williams’ daughter, Zelda Williams.The actress was digging through her house while social distancing on March 18 when she came across something that even Marie Kondo would agree sparks joy: photos of herself and her dad in a photobooth from when Zelda was 16 or 17. She shared the photos with her followers on Twitter with the caption, “Isolation spring deep cleaning is turning up some fun old gems.”

Isolation spring deep cleaning is turning up some fun old gems: pic.twitter.com/SyV700aD84

— Zelda Williams (@zeldawilliams) March 18, 2020

The three poses feature the father-daughter duo making funny faces for the cameras and is basically how fans choose to remember the late comedian, who died from asphyxia in 2014 at the age of 63 (his death was later ruled a suicide). “Dad was, is and always will be one of the kindest, most generous, gentlest souls I’ve ever known, and while there are few things I know for certain right now, one of them is that not just my world, but the entire world is forever a little darker, less colourful and less full of laughter in his absence,” Zelda said in a statement following his death. “We’ll just have to work twice as hard to fill it back up again.”[video_embed id='-1']RELATED: Artist's unique method uses toothpaste to create portraits[/video_embed]Sharing photos like these only helps with that mission. So far the post has been retweeted more than 30,000 times and liked even more than that (341,000 and counting), proving that Williams continues to be the legend people have always said he was. And, as many fans also noted in the comments, it’s the type of joy the world needs right now. “Thank you for sharing this. Childhood happiness is an incredibly pure and beautiful thing to think about,” wrote Mulan actor Jimmy Wong.Zelda has been known to honour her father in other ways over the years, because as anyone who has ever dealt with loss knows you only continue to miss your loved ones as time goes on. “It's that time of year again. Everyone who has dealt with loss knows the pain of certain anniversaries, moments full of memory that come round like clockwork and usurp all others, no matter how hard you may try to prepare for or avoid them,” Zelda wrote in 2018 ahead of what would have been her dad’s birthday in a now-deleted post.“For all the internet's good intentions in expressing to me their fondness for dad, it's very overwhelming to have strangers need me to know how much they cared for him right now. It's harder still to be expected to reach back. So, while I've got the strength, consider this my one open armed response, before I go take my yearly me time to celebrate his and my birthdays in peace. Thank you for loving him. Thank you for supporting him and his life's work. Thank you for missing him. I do too.”[video_embed id='-1']BEFORE YOU GO: This baby definitely loves spa night[/video_embed]