British balladeer Engelbert Humperdinck, afflicted with Covid-19 himself, has issued a plea for his wife’s health as she struggles against the disease while battling Alzheimer’s.
Humperdinck has been enchanting audiences for decades with hits such as Release Me and The Last Waltz, among many others, and now he is asking for the love to come around – in prayer.
“Dear friends,” he wrote on social media. “I can’t afford the time that it may take to sound and look like a pillar of strength. I don’t have the right words, but I know I must speak faith.”
Last week on Twitter, he had reached out saying that “after nearly a year of an abundance of caution and care, Covid has caught up with us and found a way into our home.”
“I know in my heart I will be fine, but our hearts are breaking, and we are needing a miracle for my darling wife,” he said on Instagram and Facebook on Wednesday (Feb 3).
“Her Alzheimer’s and the blow from Covid have left her in need of all the love she ever gave out to come back to her a million-fold.”
Even before Covid came along, he and his family would pray nightly at 8pm, making it “not just personal, as it goes out to all those who are suffering from the pandemic and other life-threatening diseases,” he wrote.
“We all must pray for one another.”
Even amid this heartbreak, gratitude has found its way in, too, Humperdinck said.
“I’m painfully aware that so many are not able to be with their loved ones during this pandemic,” he wrote, “so I am beyond grateful that I am able to be with my wife at this time and thank God every day.” – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
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