My 94-year-old WWII Veteran uncle is nearing the end of his life. He is hospitalized in the city where I live, which is about 90 minutes from my hometown where he has spent his entire life. His only other relative who is still able to make a hospital visit is his daughter, and she works full time and has a toddler. He married at age 50 to a younger woman, if you are puzzling the math, lol. I've been visiting him every day when his daughter or Son-in-Law can't make it. We are having wonderful conversations, and sometimes we just sit together. He is telling many stories from his life, He is re-living his many years, and I am benefitting from being present for that. Today he told me that the father of a physician from our hometown met Abraham Lincoln on a Civil War battlefield when he was 12 years old, in 1862.
My uncle has always been there. He has loved me and supported me since the day I was born. I've never known a gentler, kinder person. I know that I will remember and cherish these days all of my life.
Thank you for writing.
I love to hear what my elders have to say and share. They have seen so many changes.
Tell him that I said "Thank you for your service Sir! I live in a free Country because of men and women like him and that is something I am extremely grateful for."
My son hopes to take this production further one day. Sadly right now there is not alot of interest in this topic even though his play which was titled Luftgangster received good reviews.
Soon all these brave souls will be gone so all you can gain is beyond special.