Sweet serenity

Bismillah ar Rahman ar Raheem

Saw an elderly couple today at the hospital during the ward rounds, the sweetest one yet. The husband is 74 years old and the wife, 66.

She came in due to chest pain, I think and for the past one month she was getting slower in activity.
The husband was talking to the doctor and all the while cautious about his wife. He would from time to time in a loving way say to his wife, “Jangan marah eh ayang. Takda apa..” etc etc, when he was telling the history, afraid that he'll somehow make her grumpy. And he even kissed her on the cheek in front of us, just to entertain her and make her feel at ease. The sort of kiss that you might think that they are newlyweds. Not inappropriately though.

She was also getting a bit demented the past month and started to lose some of her memory. He was just telling the doctor that once she was cooking rice when she forgot it and it end up being charred. She said to him, in a manja way, “Janganlah cerita... Malu...” and the husband just laughed and said “Takda apa ayang” while carressing her hair.

I wonder what made them still like that, so loving even up till that age. What's their secret? I could bet that if one ever get married just for the physical pleasure of theirs, they wont last that long.
I pray that if we both ever got to that age and death haven't do us part, I do hope that we'll still be together, and as loving as if we just got married.

Ameennn, insyaaAllah.