Positively Sharing

HIV+ couple shows love is resilient in the face of forces against them

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For Rosli Ismail and Rahayu Rahmat, it’s not just love that keeps them together. Communication and understanding each other make their marriage a success.

Rahayu Rahmat was not feeling well that particular morning. Something someone said the other night was still haunting her. Being HIV+, the 49-year-old mother of four was used to getting nasty remarks from strangers. But that doesn’t mean it still doesn’t hurt.

Lying in bed, gloomy and slightly broken, she suddenly caught a sniff of something burnt. She turned over to look and there he was, her husband Rosli Ismail, holding a plate of charred toast and eggs. The breakfast didn’t look all that appetising but for Rahayu, it was enough to make her day.  Read more 

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