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Thank you for the words of encouragement as my uncle by blood but brother, friend, and buddy served 2 terms in Vietnam of his choice to serve his country and came back safe but not sound. I grew up with this man of honor but came back a totally different man. After his parents, and siblings passed, I became his mother and POA as he could not care for himself. We stayed close all through the years. I'm telling you this because of a point. He was a sick gentle person although he became an alcoholic and was in his records that he came back as such. HE WAS MURDERED ON JULY 14, 2007 AND THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE KILLER. THERE WAS NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL IN HIS SYSTEM. He was literally beat to death almost beyond recognition. It took me a while to come to term with this. I wanted to harm everyone that was around him at the time. I had to do some hard praying and seeking God and talking with my pastor and my loving church. I can now pray for the soul of whoever did this to him as if he or she does not ask forgiveness and come forward, they will go into eternal hell and I don't wish that on anyone. The VA has not once contacted me concerning his death to say "I'm sorry or is there anything I can do". I understand I was not his wife but they all knew I did everything for him. I was his health poa as well. I even received a letter from them the other day telling me they would pay a bill I had been fighting to get pd since 2005 and now they are going to pay it! I don't mean to go on and on but sometimes my therapist tells me it is my best source of therapy which I had to start after he was murdered. We were so close. He lived with me and my family for over 4 years and I looked after him for over 15 years. I am so thankful for the time I got tp spend with him and for God and my church family standing by me during this time.
Thank you just for listening. God Bless you and your family.
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