When the Greatest Gifts in Life are the Unexpected Ones…a daughter in-law’s tribute.
Heather Chappell July 15, 1923 – May 30, 2013
Just 6 weeks before her 91st birthday, my mother in law succumbed last week to the disease she’d been fighting for several months. It was with great sadness and sense of defeat that we watched as her fighting brave spirit was ground down by the only persistent foe with the stamina to keep up with and finally beat her – cancer. She was a formidable woman; smart, quick witted, extremely energetic and determined. She fought her disease the way she lived her life: with determined conviction, a strong sense of direction, and a stubborn streak as wide as the English Channel. She had a feisty but charming personality that sometimes overshadowed her more caring Read the rest of this entry »
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