"My life," my uncle says, "Has never been a game. I have been faithful to God first and foremost. I love people and life and I love family!" I look at his strong face and his sharp eyes that have weathered many of life's storms. He was the father figure, the second father figure that I ever had. When I was young, I was still tender to the realities of a harsh world; but. I lived in it. We live in it!