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    We got a call on Thanksgiving morning that my father in law, who had been in the hospital with some serious stuff, had blood clots on his brain. The doctor says it could be any day. So my wife and kids fly from JFK the next day to see him in Japan, and I fly from LA on Monday night after finishing a business trip.
    We get there and he's in the ICU and as my wife is visiting him one day, he says that he really wants us to take the newly opened train ride from their home station, down into the Shinjuku section of Tokyo. It just opened Nov 30th and he was excited for us to ride it. So the next morning, we take the 40 minute train ride and when we get there, my wife gets a call from her sister to come to the hospital immediately. The next hour was the longest hour of my life. We jump into a cab and are crawling out of Tokyo with my wife and kids in the back seat, and me crammed up in the front seat. My wife is sobbing, as am I thinking that her father had passed away. All this man wanted us to do was ride the new train line. We finally made it to the hospital, relieved that he was still alive.

    Two days later, he says that the sweet potatoes in his garden need to be pulled out of the ground. So the next day my kids grab his gardening tools out of his shed and proceed to dig up some small sweets and I film it with the plan of showing him a video back at the hospital. Now I've made a lot of videos in my life, it's what I do for a living. But never have I been so affected as when I showed my father in law a video of his grandkids digging up his potatoes. His eyes lit up as I opened my laptop and leaned over his hospital bed and hit play. The video was nothing special, but to him it was everything. Shit..I'm tearing up writing this now. He's still hanging in there and we're back home hoping for some kind of recovery.

    I like my father in law a lot. I truly adore the man.

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    • I'm not crying ...monospaced
    • (heart emoji)capn_ron
    • dude. I know EXACTLY how you feel.

      been in the same situation the past few weeks with my father in law as well.      exador1
    • I think we're both pretty blessed. I understand some folks don't get along with their in-laws, but like you, i adore mine too.exador1
    • my father-in-law is recuperating from heart surgery. he's still pretty weak, but he's getting stronger every day.exador1
    • +Bennn
    • I love my in-laws too. And I'm blessed to have 4 of them since they were separated. 4 brilliant human beings in my life.Beeswax
    • You have given him something to look forward to and you kept him alive.robotron3k
    • Thanks for sharing BTW...robotron3k
    • tnks for sharing man, we deserve more beautiful human beings like you guys! Hope he will recover and get to spend more time with you guys! You gave him hope!grafician
    • it's those little things that mean so much. all the best man.ben_
    • I'm hate death.CyBrainX
    • wow very touching story.inteliboy
    • +++Salarrue
    • +SimonFFM
    • these are the moments when you realise what is truly important...necromation
    • That's amazing. I can't even imagine that taxi ride.garbage
    • beautiful story. all the best to you all.fadein11
    • Thank you all for letting me post this. It helps me in some weird way, and thanks for the support.stoplying
    • Thinking of you Hombre! Pulling for your Father In Law!boobs
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