Ordinary Heroes: Finish Strong
by Marilynn Chadwick
When people meet my 95-year-old father, they often ask, "What's his secret? How does your dad look so young and stay so sharp?" Daddy would be the first to tell you that part of his secret was caring for his beloved wife. He and my mom had been married just shy of 70 years when she died this past January.
My mother had been bedridden the last fifteen years of her life. A ruptured appendix and complications from the surgery robbed this once-robust grandmother of her ability to walk. But enough of her razor-sharp mind was still there that conversation was still possible…
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