heartwarming

saw something today that just made me go "awwww" inside.

was having dinner with mom, granma and the two aunts at a coffee shop along katong, off telok kurau. really great hokkien mee by the way, the prawns were really fresh and i had some deep fried pork ribs to go with that. tasted kinda bacony... great stuff.

anyway, there was this elderly caucasian couple having dinner there as well. thing is the lady was in a wheelchair and when they decided it was time to go, the man got up and started pushing her chair. it was no small feat, considering his advancing years.

it didn't take long for the pair to disappear as they said their farewells to the waitresses who had served them, but not before he negotiated some unflat ground, which seemed kinda tricky with the wheelchair. it didn't take long tho, and before you knew it, they had disappeared.

imagine that... in this day and age, it's just incredibly touching and sweet to see a couple like that. i don't know their story, but surely, with all the usual dynamics of a relationship, they must have quite a story to tell. from that first attraction, the first date, the first kiss, the first fight... to where they are now after all these years... wow. it's just mind-boggling when you think about it.

i just wish i could be like that when my turn comes: to love that someone through our darkest and brightest moments of this sometimes crazy, sometimes wondrous thing called life till i'm grey and wrinkled.