An elderly couple in Indonesia made the headlines recently for embodying the unconditional love that parents have for their children.
The elderly couple made a 17.5km journey from Jatihurip, North Sumedang to the town of Rancakalong, just to visit and surprise their children for Hari Raya.
The Sumedang police posted about the incident on their Instagram page.
The couple would’ve walked the entirety of the 17.5km journey had it not been for the police officers who spotted and stopped them, before helping them to their destination.
The police officers had spotted the elderly couple walking along the Cisumdawu toll road, where they were en route to visit their children and grandchildren.
The elderly couple reportedly didn’t have enough money to take public transport, and the grandmother told the police officer that they missed their grandson and wanted to go see him for Hari Raya despite not having enough money.
The police officer then told the elderly couple to take a rest, before escorting them to a public transport station to get them to Rancakalong to reunite with their children and grandchildren for Hari Raya.
The Sumedang police said that the couple might be suffering from memory loss, and that their children didn’t come and pick them up because the parents wanted to surprise their children and didn’t tell them that they were coming.
After reuniting the elderly couple with their children, the family told the police officers that they had just visited their elderly parents on the day of Eid, but the grandparents wanted to visit them again just a few days later, with their children and grandchildren being unaware of their plans.
The police chief of Sumedang also visited the elderly couple at their home on Friday (28 April), updating that they are both safe and sound with their family in Jatihurip.