My FAVORITE and unfortunately deceased at 63, brother in law was Polish.
I received a head injury (it wasn’t a gift!! lol) about 10 years ago.
I stayed at my sister’s house for a while and HE told me I could stay there AS LONG as I needed. He also helped me with washing and other things i could not do for a while.
What a fantastic guy, and a throwback to my father’s day when men wore button shirts and ties for every holiday.
He was a medic embedded with the marines in Vietnam.
They played TAPS at his funeral and it was the first time i’ve seen it done. With two officers present to present the flag to my sister.
It was both beautiful and devastating at the same time.
If he is an example of what the average Polish person is like, then they are among the BEST immigrants to this country.
ANY country whose military would charge on horses against heavy armor has my respect!!
BTW, HE said I could stay as long as I wanted, my SISTER said no :)
You took me back to Da's days at work - shirt/tie/coat/hat and long black fabric rain coat and low-cut rubbers to protect the wingtip shoes...how things have changed.
Once I was out of uniform, I wore a shirt and tie to work as a DOD civilian - since I retired, it's jeans and T-shirts for comfort....the shirt/tie/coat stays in plastic except for formal weddings or funerals.
My Dad taught me a lot and the biggest lesson was that one had to be able to laugh at oneself (if you couldn't do it, he'd laugh at you until you learned) because life was too precious to take yourself too seriously...grew up in a NRA home and learned to shoot at an early age and got into competition pistol shooting with dad over the years...almost always armed but the respect for life makes me pray to never have to use my weapon against another.
PS - my sister (who is with God now) also had certain issues...sometimes she'd give you the shirt off her back and other times she'd be downright venomous...there were times I didn't like her much but always loved her and spent the last 5 days of her life visiting the hospital room, and a few more days for the funeral...had to buy her kids proper clothing for the funeral but was glad to help - drove up from MS to Rochester to do it.