A you, for me
I hardly watch TV nowadays. Seems impossible for me to follow through dramas and serials. From time to time though, I would catch a glimpse of what my parents are watching in the living room.
Last night on Channel 8, there was this meaningful documentary about an elderly couple living their humble lives with social welfare assistance. Both of them have poor or little sight, and it was just the two of them taking care of each other. The elderly lady, though blind as she was, took it in her stride and burdened the responsibility of taking care of her husband who suffered Alzheimer's years back. She supplemented their income by teaching herself how to make little ornaments chaining together color beads in a string, a near amazing feat to accomplish without vision. If not for the fact she is blind, she would have seek work elsewhere and not rely on welfare.
The elderly gentleman was kind of adorable actually. Though not quite himself after Alzheimer's, he seemed really grateful his wife of 56 years tolerated all of his his nonsense. There was this part where he openly admitted to being lazy and confused all the time, and it was his wife's patience that carried him through. In his younger days, he had once left his wife. In the end, she somewhat still graciously accepted him back into her life.
Feels like such an encouraging story. How love endures and how couples are there for each other, in sickness and in health.
When the time comes and I am no longer under the radar, will there be this significant other, willing to toil through thick and thin with me?
The answer, as I know it, was once yes. With most certainty.
*****
I was not my best for the whole day, feeling weak and sick from days of insomnia. I keep thinking how I wish you were here. You really do not have to do anything. Just seeing you will lift my spirits. If you had been sick, I wish I could be there for you too. To gently kiss your forehead and cuddle you to sleep.
Last night on Channel 8, there was this meaningful documentary about an elderly couple living their humble lives with social welfare assistance. Both of them have poor or little sight, and it was just the two of them taking care of each other. The elderly lady, though blind as she was, took it in her stride and burdened the responsibility of taking care of her husband who suffered Alzheimer's years back. She supplemented their income by teaching herself how to make little ornaments chaining together color beads in a string, a near amazing feat to accomplish without vision. If not for the fact she is blind, she would have seek work elsewhere and not rely on welfare.
The elderly gentleman was kind of adorable actually. Though not quite himself after Alzheimer's, he seemed really grateful his wife of 56 years tolerated all of his his nonsense. There was this part where he openly admitted to being lazy and confused all the time, and it was his wife's patience that carried him through. In his younger days, he had once left his wife. In the end, she somewhat still graciously accepted him back into her life.
Feels like such an encouraging story. How love endures and how couples are there for each other, in sickness and in health.
When the time comes and I am no longer under the radar, will there be this significant other, willing to toil through thick and thin with me?
The answer, as I know it, was once yes. With most certainty.
*****
I was not my best for the whole day, feeling weak and sick from days of insomnia. I keep thinking how I wish you were here. You really do not have to do anything. Just seeing you will lift my spirits. If you had been sick, I wish I could be there for you too. To gently kiss your forehead and cuddle you to sleep.