When KINDNESS comes around

Peter Charleton, 46, Yarra Ranges, Vic

Another trip to the doctor meant more bad news. ‘He won’t survive the year,’ the GP said, talking about my uncle, Charlie.

The news wasn’t a shock. In his late 60s, poor Uncle Charlie had end-stage chronic lung disease.

But as I helped Charlie out to the car, some of my dad John’s last words rang in my ears.

‘Look after Charlie for me,’ Dad had said before he passed away in 2014.

Charlie, who was Dad’s youngest brother, didn’t have