I do take some comfort in the fact that this loving couple will "never know the pain of living without each other," as the article noted. And that neither was robbed of a full lifetime (both of them making it to their mid-nineties).
Still, it is very hard not to deeply saddened by this...
I think when you fall in love, you learn a lesson about pain; the pain that some day you might have to be separated from the one you love the most.
I told my husband, I want us to go together, holding hands and praying to God. ( And have the dogs adopted out to go homes right beforehand.)
Its awesome that they had such a long life together. Its what life should be all about.
Prayers for their families, I know they are in God’s hands.
I do take some comfort in the fact that this loving couple will “never know the pain of living without each other,” as the article noted.
My heart swells at the thought... had to repeat it!
Still, it is very hard not to deeply saddened by this...
There's an old Chinese story that comes to mind... a new Emperor rose to power, and his advisors knew of a holy man nearby. So they called the holy man to court, to give a blessing to the Emperor. The holy man stood before the Emperor and said, "Father dies, son dies, grandson dies."
The court was aghast, and the Emperor was fighting back rage as he asked the holy man to explain himself - immediately. The holy man calmly replied, "there are many misfortunes in life. Danger is around every corner, illness, treachery, war, accident, all provide ample opportunities for death. It is only the most fortunate, the most blessed, who are able to experience the proper order in life, the natural procession that is ordained from the protection of heaven. In that order, the father dies before the son, and the son dies before the grandson, and the lineage is kept intact and helathy and whole. To believe death can be avoided is ignorance - true blessing come in beling able to live full lives without tragedy."