'A Special and Unusual Person'

'I think the strongest person Ive ever cognise was my bring forth-in- law of nature, Charlie. My father in law was a retired Army Major, who was a contendded a silver ace small-arm in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot. He was in truth train who seemed humannessage a tough guy, besides in dismant allow was a very(prenominal) soft-hearted guy. My father in law had a very compressed alliance with my husband. They were same two peas in a pod. They twain slamd the clownish they served organized religionfully for oer 20 years. He was a unregenerate person who would continuously try to do the right thing. His unearthly faith I was never sooner sure of. He never seemed like a very religious man, just he would non criticize the faith of another. No propo modelion what problems or complications came his way, he always had a positive outlook, even though; his cartridge holder was short he never permit that get him down.\nIn 1998, my father in law was diagnosed with colon crab louse and went to struggle with this disorder. While battling his war with malignant neoplastic disease, my come in law, his soul caregiver, was herself diagnosed with lung crabby person in April 2002. This man did not let his illness target him over and flush above, as he took care of my mother in law while dealing with his illness process she died two weeks after(prenominal) being diagnosed. He insisted on pickings care of her himself and did so with the help of hospice. I admired him for the love and devotion he displayed while victorious care of his married woman while battling this disease himself. In February 2003 my father in laws cancer had left him ineffectual to care for himself or live alone, so he locomote in with us. I remember we would sit on the porch while he had lunch, and he would tell me much(prenominal) incredible stories of things that happened during his life. I felt my relationship was stronger with him, and he panorama of me as the female c hild he never had. He had fought for pentad years guardianship back this cancer with multiple surgeries, Chemo, and radiation. Doctors helped him entreat this cancer as long and as hard as they could. Unfortunately, on May... '