When they were classmates at West Point, my son Edward called Scotty Smiley 'the Oak', because you always knew where he stood. Scotty was an All-American kid- a wrestler and a state champion football player who married his childhood sweetheart, became an elite Army Ranger, and lived by the words of Philippians 4:13, 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.' Then on April 6, 2005, serving with the army in Mosul, Iraq Scotty's life was shattered by a car bomb that left him blind