/>这个故事起始于 1957 年。
现年 77 岁的陈运通（译音）当时在香港的一家船运公司工作，在那儿，他认识了给老板做秘书的印度姑娘卡提玛，俩人一见钟情。不过，他们都很含蓄，谁也没有挑明。
某日，运通看报时发现有一部新电影刚上映，想去看，卡提玛也想去。从那以后，他们常常约会了，不过也只是喝喝咖啡什么的，几个月中，连手都没有牵过。直到有一天，他们散步时路面有些滑，她拽住了他的胳膊。
1959 年 3 月 11 日，他们结婚了。
婚后运通面临的最大困难是妻子的宗教信仰：他不能不吃猪肉！“天天除了牛肉或鸡肉就没有别的了。”他有些受不了。
因为某次手术的后遗症，她一直无法怀孕，所以他们也没有孩子。两口子花了很多时间旅游：欧洲去了三次、台湾、日本、新加坡、韩国……，加拿大也来了三次，他想来此定居，她却不愿意：“太冷了”，习惯了亚热带气候的她怎么能忍受加拿大的冬天？ 1986 年他们参观了温哥华的世博会之后，她的态度转变了， 1988 年，两口子定居加拿大。
日子平平淡淡地过着，他的英文不太好，话也不多。她总是称呼他“ Silly man ”，看得出，他们彼此的心里都装着对方。
不幸的是，卡提玛的心脏却越来越弱，她住院了。每天清晨，他从城的一头坐早班车来到另一头的医院看望妻子，晚上赶末班车回家。在最后的两个星期里，医院允许他睡在病房里另一张空床上陪伴妻子。他曾这样问她：“你恨我吗？”她摇摇头。“那你爱我吗？”她点点头。
她知道她的日子不多了，她对他说，穆斯林在亲人死亡时是不哭的。他说他做不到。 2001 年 10 月 6 号，他握着她的手，她永远的离开了他。
从此之后，每天早上他五点一刻起床，七点半准时搭公共汽车去墓地，有时会带上一朵康乃馨——“她喜欢康乃馨”，他说。这样七、八年如一日，今天已经是第两千六百八十天了，除了他生病或公车停驶，风雨无阻。
自从妻子去世后，他的家再没有走进过一个女人，他一个人的时候，常常会想起她。“我看电视的时候，会闻到她用的香水的气味。”他说。在墓地里，他也会感受到她的气息。一位常在墓地里遛狗的人说，曾经看到有一个女人站在这位老先生身后。
“这块地方是我的。”他指着墓地里一块空地说。是的，有一天，他会又和她在一起的。
真诚的爱是永恒的。情人节快乐！
读者留言：
What an emotional aricle! I believe that the woman behind him that day at the grave was her, his wife! That's exactly the kind of LOVE I hope to experience one day also! If only we all could be so lucky! Charyl
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Our house faced the grave yard and every morning we would see him pass by and we became friends and we always waved and would talk for a few minutes...his devotion to his wife is just incredible....and sometimes he is a little slower or a little later especially when the bus is late due to bad weather. If I was going somewhere and the weather was bad would offer him a ride home and hopefully someone else will do the same...he is a very sweet man.
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Love like this is so genuine. It has withstood the fickleness of young love and carries on through the aging of the body, sickness and so much loss. It is the way we all want to be loved. My Granny just passed away this September and he and my Grandpa would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this year! My grandpa was her first love as a very young woman. He misses her and loves her just like the man from this story and it breaks my heart.
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What a wonderful couple. My parents have been married over 60 years and they still hold hands! I have never heard them argue or raise their voices at each other. They as well, have a true love!!!
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Oh boy. I haven't even finished my morning coffee yet and you got me crying.....
