To live and love with you and be one forever. To be near you so I can reach out and touch you. To make love with you, laugh with you, cry with you, talk with you. To hold you close every night, waking up to you each morning. To share my secrets with you and be honest with you. To understand and respect you accepting you for you. To find shelter in you when I am afraid and hold you close when i need warmth. To be with you through all the seasons walking with you in the sunshine and cuddling with you in the cold. To care for you when you are ill and be joyful when you are happy. To grow old with you and be with you until the end of time. With you and only you, I would do all these things. To you and only you… all my love.
By Strive Masiyiwa A few weeks ago I went to the doctor. I will tell you what he said about my health at the end, but first read this: Twenty years ago, I arranged to meet a well-known British international businessman who invested a lot in Africa at the time. We agreed to meet for dinner at a leading hotel in London. After a good meeting, we started to walk out of the restaurant when he suddenly collapsed in the lobby. There was total pandemonium as they rushed to get medical assistance. Being London, an ambulance arrived in minutes. I jumped in the back with him as paramedics wrestled to keep him alive. He had had a heart attack and had to have triple bypass heart surgery. Sadly he died a few weeks later. He hadn't been sick and his sudden death surprised everyone. And yet as I reflected on it, and later discussed it with a doctor friend who knew him, I realized he was very laid back about his health despite having a hectic business life. Even during our dinner...
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