It was as if it were destiny, for them both to pass in the same night so one would never have to live without the other, but now here I was without either of them and I know it's selfish to say so but I wish I still had at least one of them around, even will all the suffering of them considered. Then again, I have a husband of my own to help me through my loss, so I don't think I can honestly wish anyone to be alive without their beloved, I know it would kill me.

Standing here, in a cemetery, watching my parents lowered in to the ground in lead cases, only now can I truly appreciate them as much as they deserve. I am a middle-aged woman, child on the way, and unequivocally happy even in the circumstances. Now they could be there, together for eternity with nothing to keep them apart and their souls linger within each other so they can never be separated. As I hear footsteps behind me I turn to see Sybbie, my cousin for all intents and purposes. I smiled to her, and she came over without speaking, she can tell I don't want to speak and I appreciate that, I don't think I can muster a civil word, not to anyone and I wouldn't want to act impolitely, especially to someone so dear to my heart, we were born within a few years of each other and had grown up together, she was the closest thing I ever got to a sister, being the only girl with 2 younger brothers.

"Thank-you, for coming back for me, I don't know how long I would've stayed if you hadn't arrived."

"Please, don't think I am here to collect you back to the house, stay as long as you need I just wanted to see how you were faring. Sad as I am, I can't imagine what you're going through, I don't what I'll do when Dad goes..." The innocence in her voice has always been refreshing, even at the worst of times.

"I think I am ready to get back to the house, and I'm doing okay, it isn't so bad now that it's all over. I'm just glad they went at the same time really, Mum would never have coped without him, and he wouldn't have done any better really underneath the act he would put on. He would just as hurt, but worse, he wouldn't have shown it." She nodded understandingly and offered me her arm so we could walk back to the car together, and I gratefully took it, unsure of my ability to walk straight without assistance.

Now they were together for eternity, never having t spend a moment apart, just the way they would have wanted. My parents thought they had the perfect life, and I admired them for it, I'm determined to have a life just as perfect as theirs was. My parents had a love so strong it deserves to be written about in a romance novel.