True love: 98-year-old shows his devotion to sick wife by walking 10km every day to see her
At 98 years old Luther Younger, a Korean War veteran, walks 10 kilometres each way to visit his wife, who is currently paralysed and hospitalised according to Spectrum News Rochester.
Having been married for over 50 years, Luther’s devotion to his wife Waverlee is inspiring to say the least.
“I ain’t nothing without my wife,” Luther told Spectrum News. “It’s been a rough pull. It’s been tough.”
Luther and his wife both live with their daughter, Lutheta Younger. Working with her sister Joyce Johnson, they both have taken responsibility for their parents and vouch to take care of them the same way their mother did when she and her siblings were younger said Lutheta.
“I moved them out of their house, moved them in with me,” she said.
According to Lutheta, her father has been making the 10-kilometre trip for a long time now.
“He doesn’t have to, but he wants to. I can drive him. He just doesn’t want to wait; he’s impatient.”
Waverlee has suffered from brain cancer since 2009, but Luther still remembers the good times they shared together.
“She’s the best cup of tea I ever had,” he said.
“She would come in and kiss me and say ‘baby’ and feed me in bed, and this is what I need right here.”
“The whole time she was sick, he would stay overnight [in the hospital],” Lutheta said, “You know, he just wants the best for my mom.”
A GoFundMe page has been set up for Luther and his family to help with hospital expenses and travelling costs to and from the hospital.