A few months ago I started the Real Life Couple series to highlight couples that were examples of good love behavior.
Here is the first (and only) post from this series. The couple is great. Go check it out.
Now it’s time for the second…
Two nights this week I found myself volunteering in my community. Monday night I was at the Nashville Adult Literacy Council helping adults practice reading. Tuesday night I found myself at Haywood Hills Baptist Church during their community computer class.
Both nights I ended up working with older couples, and both nights the couples happened to be from Egypt. On Monday I helped the husband practice his reading while his wife waited in the lobby, and Tuesday I helped a different older Egyptian couple figure out how to use a mouse. Both couples were so grateful and absolutely delightful to work with. I had a blast.
Not only did I have a great time, but I was inspired by these Real Life Couples. Can you imagine moving to another country to “start over” that late in life? I can’t. I mean, no one travels when they’re old, right? That’s why all of us 20-somethings are obsessed with traveling the globe because, dude, once you hit 30 they take your passport away. It’s true.
Seriously, these couples left Egypt where they were music teachers and accountants to essentially start over here in a America. I have no clue how these couples met or how they resolve their conflicts, but I’m very impressed with the fact that they’re still going on VERY SCARY adventures with one another despite society’s rules about how you’re supposed to enter senior citizenship (quietly and in a rocking chair).
Love like an Egyptian and tell society to shut up.
