“The love of Christ helped me fall in love with my husband all over again”: She cared for her husband with schizophrenia for 14 years

Margaret and her husband in Krabi, Thailand, in 2019. The memories of these seasons of clarity and normalcy are what Margaret clings to when her husband experiences relapses. All photos courtesy of Margaret Ong.

Said Margaret Ong: “He is very affectionate towards me. When we are in the car, he will turn to me and say, ‘I love you, dear.’

“When I brush my teeth, he would come up behind me and whisper in my ear, ‘I love you.’

“My husband truly loves me. I honestly felt his love. My children can see it, too.”

 

Margaret and her husband in 1990 when they were dating. Throughout their five-year courtship and in the first 16 years of marriage, there was no hint that her husband was suffering from mental illness or had problems dealing with stress.

 

Calling him “a true romantic”, Margaret, 59, recounted that they would always hold hands when they went out and that his hands were “full of warmth”.

“When he holds my hand, he would hold it to his heart. He used to sing that song, ‘Let’s take a walk together, hand in hand you and I.’

“And when he sings to me, he would have that misty look in his eyes.”

The last time he told her he loved her was in 2018, nine years after he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.

 

This is an article from the Christian website, Salt&Light. The full article can be found by clicking on the link below: https://saltandlight.sg/family/the-love-of-christ-helped-me-fall-in-love-with-my-husband-all-over-again-she-cared-for-her-husband-with-schizophrenia-for-14-years/

 

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