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Tales of love and brokenness

The familiar elderly couple caught my eye as they kept looking at me. As a gesture of courtesy, I went over to say hi. As they described where we met, memories of them came back to my mind.

I met them in the ward. At that time, she was pretty ill. And I remembered how the husband was asking me about her condition in tears. What a lovely couple! And today he accompanied her to see the doctor for follow up. I love the sight of loving elderly couples…

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As I talked to her, little did I know the greatest burdens she had were not the diseases she had in her body. It was the pain in her heart. She suddenly burst out in tears.

If having renal cell carcinoma, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, previous heart attack wasn’t bad enough, she is living all alone. In her 60’s now, and with the pain she is still having, she was fired by her employer. Her husband passed away 30 years back and her 10 kids denied her.

The only wish in her heart is for her Maker to bring her home. Back to her final home.

I felt so helpless. All I could say was, “Don’t think about the bad things, Aunty. Take care. Make sure you take your medicine and have a good lifestyle. Do get help from the welfare department”. As if that will make any difference to her life. As if that will comfort her at all. As if that will lift the pain her heart.

But I have the slightest idea how to channel her to the right help. I knew there’s some welfare people who probably could sort things out for her, but I didn’t know how and where. I sorted out her medical problems, but I failed to settle her life’s main problems.

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Today I met people from 2 different worlds. The first story is so beautiful. The second one so depressing. Sigh…