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Teddy ♡

Below is the eulogy that I gave at my father-in-law's funeral. I am sharing it here for anyone who couldn't be there... Good morning and thank you for coming…my name is Lisa and I am Ted’s daughter-in-law and on behalf of my family I would like to thank you for being here to support us in our immense grief.  Ted was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in June and up until a few weeks ago it seemed that he could possibly beat the cancer.  In fact, just 7 days before he passed away they told us the cancer tumor was gone.  So in a lot of ways, this was a sudden loss but we take comfort in the fact he didn’t suffer.  He was loving and fun almost until the very end and told all of us on one of the last days where most of us were all together that he a great life and the best family in the world.  And he was right; we do have the best family in the world. When Teddy got sick earlier this year I knew that I wanted to speak at his funeral as my own way of honoring him.  I have struggled t