The Story is Continued

Yesterday, I heard the deeper history of Carroll.  He was a remarkable man, the step father to my husband and his sisters.  Things found during preparation for the funeral were especially enlightening to the whole of family and friends.  He had been in the Battle of the Bulge.  He didn't speak of his wartime; it was not a subject he wanted to review or expand on.  He had nearly lost his life and a Corporal saved him.  He had been laying on front lines injured for more than a day. Small insights from writings of a journal by his wife and the gathering of information from many sources.   
He has a great legacy; qualities that reflect what lessons he taught and as an example of how he lived.  The integrity, ethics, honesty, how to respect others and how to laugh came from Carroll's influence and it was those  qualities that drew me to and closer  to my husband.   This torch of living life has also been passed down to his boys, my boys, and the grand kids, kids that have been on the teams coached, kids that have stayed with us, his co-workers and associates in the many aspects of his life.  Most that have know him or been around him enjoy and have all admired who he is.   He is a living proof of the result of the care and love that his step father gave and honored him with.  All that provided the shape to his personality, as it is with all of us as we develop, are the gifts of experiences through learning.