Twilight at the river

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"Sure you don't want to do anything?" He asked her in a romantic way with the giggly smile on his face. "Yeah just here being with you is enough for me", she said while looking at the river.

They were enjoying the peace and the beautiful weather at the river bank. The ripples of the river were adding more beauty to the scene and the sunset turned the blue sky into orange making it a perfect twilight.
He was sitting close by her, looking towards the river and sensing something.

"Why are you so quiet today? You didn't like it here? Shall we go back?" He asked her.


"I am enjoying the peace here, that's why I am quiet." She replied and holds his hand.
They were sitting quietly now, enjoying the tranquility and the calmness.

After some time she started weeping, he asked her what happened? He knew it from the start there is something going on with her. She puts her head on his shoulder and told him that she is missing their son.
"He had to go. We enjoyed the time we had with him" said while giving her some comfort and wrapping his arm around her.
"Yeah, I guess!" She sighed.

They lost their son two years back due to cancer. He was just 21 years old. Now she was missing her because three years back they came by this riverbank with their son for the first time as he wished to see the sunset at this riverbank with his parents. They stayed there for a night and enjoyed their family time. After that, they went to the doctor for his check-up. There they knew about his cancer.

"Remember the one thing he said while he was here?" She said
"Yeah, that joke he cracked about my nose." He replied with a laugh.
"Well that wasn't in my mind" she laughed.
"Sweetheart I remember what he said that day"

"It's very hard to surrender yourself in front of someone, for someone else's happiness. This actually is love and this is what God wants from us. To surrender ourselves in front of Him. To love the world for which he has sent us to the Earth. To love the world so we can seek God's love, affection, and blessings. And now I want you to know that I love you, mom and dad." He remembered, his every word.
They were now both smiling with the tears in the eyes.
"It's now cold here. Let's go back." He got up and said to his wife.


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