'A Special and Unusual Person'

'I think the strongest mortal Ive ever cognise was my let-in- righteousness, Charlie. My father in law was a retired Army Major, who was a struggleded a silver brilliance trance in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot. He was really train who seemed uniform a tough guy, scarcely in incident was a rattling soft-hearted guy. My father in law had a very block race with my husband. They were same two peas in a pod. They twain retired the pastoral they served religionfully for everyplace 20 years. He was a strong-minded person who would incessantly try to do the right thing. His apparitional faith I was never preferably sure of. He never seemed like a very religious existence, just now he would non criticize the faith of another. No progeny what problems or complications came his way, he always had a po gravelive outlook, make up though; his clip was short he never allow that get him down.\nIn 1998, my father in law was diagnosed with colon crabby person and went t o struggle with this distemper. While battling his war with genus Cancer, my beget in law, his soul caregiver, was herself diagnosed with lung crab louse in April 2002. This man did not let his illness plow him over and pink wine above, as he took care of my mother in law while traffic with his illness manger she died two weeks aft(prenominal) being diagnosed. He insisted on victorious care of her himself and did so with the help of hospice. I admired him for the love and devotion he displayed while winning care of his wife while battling this disease himself. In February 2003 my father in laws cancer had left him unable to care for himself or live alone, so he go in with us. I remember we would sit on the porch while he had lunch, and he would tell me such incredible stories of things that happened during his life. I felt my relationship was stronger with him, and he concept of me as the young woman he never had. He had fought for quin years guardianship back th is cancer with multiple surgeries, Chemo, and radiation. Doctors helped him oppose this cancer as long and as hard as they could. Unfortunately, on May... '