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Friday, August 3, 2007

My definition about a happy couple

Looking two elder persons holding hand in hand, going to the supermarket reminds me the image of my grandparents. They got married when they were twenty years old. Differing from elder people in the past, their marriage wasn't arranged by their parents. They knew and felt in love when they were going to the army; therefore, their relationship is very stable. After getting marriage, my grandfather left the army and began driving pedicab to earn money for new family.Meanwhile, my grand mother collapsed fruit, vegetable and chickens in the farm then sold them in the big city. Sometime she had to stay in the big city many days because of the war or waiting to sell all of her stuff .Both of my grandparents worked very hard with the hope to have enough food for their children, but the income for the family was still very low and their life was very difficult. Despite of eating miserable, working hardly, my grandparents still tried to let their children go to school. Fortunately, their children studied very well and tried to help their parents in doing house work too. Although living with my grandfather was very hard, my grandmother never felt pity because of getting married with my grandfather. She used to talk with me that she was the most happy woman on the world when meeting my grandfather. If you looked at them, for certain, you wouldn't think they had a good relationship. Not like many happy couple you think, their love is very gentle. My grand mother always wakes up very early to prepare food and coffee for my grandfather. Not as a duty of a house wife, she does it full fill of her love. Working very hard in the market, my grandmother still tried to come back home soon to prepare lunch for my grand father. Despite of sunny or rainy, my grandfather still tried to come back home on time to enjoy the lunch. When my grandfather got sick, my grandmother was take care of him very careful and patient even though sometimes when he was tired, he was very angry with her. Before my grandfather had died, my grandmother sat beside him, hold his hands- that is the first time i saw they expressed their relationship directly. My grandfather looked at her and sang a song when he proposed her. Everyone was crying except my grandmother so that made me very curious. After my grandfather died, my grand mother still wakes up very early in the morning, cooks meal, prepares coffee and put them on the table waiting my grandfather soul's come back to eat them. I can't understand why she didn't cry when my grandfather singing the song and don't want to ask her about the reason, but i think that maybe because my grandfather's voice and face are shaped in my grandmother's heart so although he died but his soul mate will live forever in my grandmother's mind. I think a happy couple doesn't have to have too much romantic relationship but simply, it is just the understanding between two people, concerning together and having good children together.

posted by tyCB6 @ 8:00 AM

1 Comments:

At August 3, 2007 at 1:21 PM, Kris said…

Hi Ty - this is possibly the most romantic description of a couple in love that I have ever read. It sounds as though your grandparents were two of the luckiest people to have found each other and to have been able to share a lifetime together. Wow! I hope you have the same luck!!

Thank you for sharing their story with me.

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