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Mother To The Core Browsing through the latest online daily news articles.. Here is one about a wife caring for her sick husband.. Its lengthy title was very striking, it mentioned an ailing composer.... And a wife of 76 years old shouldering the burden as a health carer... The lengthy title with so much information in it was downright unusual.. Immediately I knew it has to be related to a poem which I once wrote... Some time back of a very talented man of music, music was all he wrote... He was a most prolific composer of many a musical scores on terrestrial TV.. A government staff who was contractually engaged, never a whiff of security.. Of a monetary pension, a significant perk of being a government employee.. Last I wrote, it was a tribute to this musical genius for fame unproclaimed.. In any western country where music and fine arts have a bigger audience... This long retired musician would have undoubtedly be in a class of his own... Here in this country his creativity and musical contributions are all but gone... Now into his twilight years of life, his Alzheimer's disease is curse coming on... Reading on, this news article provided some more insights to this musical man... And the many ill fortunes that beset the loved ones of this forgotten man.. True to the universal quote of a omnipresent woman behind any successful man.. Today's article tells of the infinite strength of the woman behind this man.. It is a story of steadfast love that weathered time even as it wears down her man.. Today 8th May being the day of universal declaration of Mother's Day all over.. This article is a timely tribute to 76 year old Elaine Khaw, a mother to the core.. How she has suffered in silence, through the early years as she mothered 2 sons. Only God above felt her pain as a grieving mother who has to survive her son.... At an old age of 76, many a other woman luxuriates in the trappings of wealth... But Elaine Khaw cannot rest on her laurels, she has to mother her remaining loves... A beloved husband, a musical star fading into the fogginess of Alzheimer's... And a much loved son embattled with the remission of a cancer once gone... As she soldiers stoically on, behind a cheerful demeanor that amazes all... Elaine Khaw is a survivor, she is the epitome of motherhood to surpass all... Happy Mother's Day..! http://www.thestar.com.my/metro/focus/2016/05/07/wife-of-ailing-composer-in-a-bind-76yearold-khaw-shoulders-the-burden-of-caring-for-her-sick-husband/
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