Sunday, July 22, 2007

Growing Old With Someone...

I Wanna Grow Old With You
Artist: Adam Sandler



I wanna make you smile,
Whenever you're sad.
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad.
All I wanna do,
Is grow old with you.

I'll get you medicine,
When your tummy aches.
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks.
Oh it could be so nice,
Growin' old with you.

I'll miss you, kiss you,
Give you my coat when you are cold.
Need you, feed you.
Even let you hold the remote control.
So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink.
Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink.
Oh I could be the man,
Who grows old with you.

I wanna grow old with you.

22 July 2007
Sunday

I just took Dad and Mom to the airport today. They are on their way to visit Lola as well as see the going ons at the farm. Remy has flown in from the US a few weeks ago to be with my brother Jay. It seems that they are getting ready to get married next year.

That brother of mine is one lucky bastard. You can see it in her eyes that Remy is very much in love with him.

I see Dad and Mom and I'd say Dad is one lucky bastard too. Of course, he'd also say that Mom is also lucky to have him.

True, but true. He has proven Lola Cion wrong. Lola Cion didn't like Dad for Mom at that time when my old man was courting Momsy back in U.P. at Area 11. This was some time in 1965, I think. After all has been said and done and more than 40 years later, Dad has shown everyone that he is indeed the right man for my Mom --- faults and all.

As I see my old folks together, I can't help but feel envious of the kind of relationship that they have all these years... Even after 40 years I can see how much these two people are so much devoted to each other. Dad wouldn't want to leave the house without Mom, and if has to go without her, he would always want that goodbye kiss before he leaves. If Mom has to go, he always asks her and even calls her to come home soon. They remind each other of their medicines --- Mom is diabetic and Dad is watching his blood pressure (He had a quadruple bypass two years ago.)

Mom would always take care of Dad the way a wife should. Dad does the same as any good husband should. Such devotion. Such passion. Such love. You rarely get to find this kind of relationship these days.

I have this feeling that should one of them meet The Maker, the other one would follow soon. Such is the bond my parents have together. They bring about the best in each other. They complement each other well too. This is very much manifested with the way they brought up 4 sons:

The discipline.

The round table talks.

The debates.

The triumphs.

The heartaches.

How I wished that I could have such a relationship. I wish Remy and Jay the best and hope that they too would have a lasting and meaningful marriage just like our parents.

I hope and pray that I would end up just like them too.

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