Henry has every right to be embittered and negative about life. He grows up quickly becoming the man of the house for his mother and five younger siblings after his father dies when Henry is seventeen.
He is a medic in WWII and sees suffering and loss first hand. After his return to the states, his role within his family continues to be one of caregiver.
On February 12, 1987 his fifty-four year old wife Nancy dies after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer and then the unthinkable happens. Henry’s firstborn child and only son Chris, dies in an industrial accident on February 13, 1990.
What makes a person resilient enough to sustain multiple losses? How does one carry on and still embrace life, still enjoy the time he has left?
Henry is my father-in-law and we grow even closer after my husband/his son dies. He comes to our home always…
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