Out Our way: Before you hang 'em up ...

Out our way, even the best of us are tempted to eventually hang up our spurs, When Charlie's horse fell on him and ended his days as a cowboy, and eventually his life; Charlie never quit being Charlie. Charlie and I worked out at the hospital therapy room all that winter and although he came and went in a wheelchair and knew this was the end of the trail (he died a few months later), he kept going.

One of the proudest days (and saddest) was when he called me up and asked me to come see him at his home. He was in his wheelchair and on oxygen and called me into the dining room/kitchen area. Ther...