Dying of a broken heart

There is a couple in my church that had been married for over 60 years. They had a son, who is now living in New Zealand, and lived a really nice life. They had been in our church for over 40 years. Koot and Rita Taite. In the beginning of this year, oom Koot passed away from cancer, and today in church we were told that his wife, aunt Rita, passed away this week. This made me think about how people always speak of couples who die within a few months of each other because they cant live without each other.


I thought about this the whole day and finally understand why this happens. Imagine if you would, for your first 18 years of your life, you look for that perfect partner, and then you find them, and spend the next 60 years with just this person, building on a life with this person. No wonder after 60 years, when this person passes away, you are at such a loss and you feel so empty that you do nothing but die faster to be with them again. When they are gone, you have nothing to live for, because not only has the past 60 years of your life consisted of being with, living for and being part of this person, but for the past 6 months, you have taken care of and watched the one person you love more than life, die.

What an amazing feeling of oneness and loving and being loved. The whole world should feel like that.