All last week, the world mourned the death of a great leader, Ronald Reagan. The 10 year battle with Alzheimer's disease was finally over. Former President Reagan didn't really mean much to me while growing up. All I knew of him was that he was the first President of the United States that I knew and that my uncle and his young wife had a picture with him in the White House grounds.

I was watching on a documentary about him on the NBC Night News on ETC, when the feature dabbled a little on his First Lady, Nancy Reagan and their love affair. The voice over said that she was a very supportive wife and she stood by him all the way, quite literally, in fact. They showed picture after picture and video clips upon video clips of her standing beside him, gazing lovingly up at him, you could practically see stars in her eyes, while he would address the crowd. They were totally enarmored with each other. Imagine, she stayed by his side throughout the 10 years of Alzheimers. It was an emotional rollercoaster ride for her and definitely exhausting at that, not just emotionally but physically as well. After all, she's old herself.

Ronald and Nancy Reagan were no longer just the couple that governed the United States back in the 80's to me. While growing up, we all have heard stories of political leaders and icons engaging in scandals such as the Clinton- Lewinsky and the royal love triangle of Diana- Charles- Camilla. Even our very own country has it's versions too. Remember Ms. Baby Arenas rumoured to be Former President Fidel Ramos's mistress? The current First Couple is even rumoured to actually be married in name only. They were separated before she came into office and had to "get back together" when she got elected for it would not look good if a divorced woman ran the country. With leaders such as those mentioned above, you'd think their love is only a facade.

One night, I was checking the latest news on my GPRS service and read Reagan's daughter, Patti Davis's accounts on her father's last moment. The exact quote went:

“At the last moment when his breathing told us this was it, he opened his eyes and looked straight at my mother. Eyes that hadn‘t opened for days, did. And they weren‘t chalky or vague. They were clear, and blue, and full of love. If a death can be lovely, his was.”

And I remember getting goosebumps as my tears welled with tears of sympathy and I thought to myself, "Wow!!! Alzheimer's (disease) makes you unable to recognize your family and your friends, or anyone for that matter. But with him, at the last moment, he knew his wife! He recognized her and that last look was like telling her that he loves her and he was saying goodbye. Now, that's the power of true love."

In her testimony, Patti Davis even quoted her mother, saying that one last look was: "The greatest gift he could have given her.”

She adds, “In his last moment, he taught me that there is nothing stronger than love between two people, two souls...it was the last thing he could do in this world to show my mother how entwined their souls are...and it was everything.”

How can one not be moved to tears? It was a love beautifully shared. It was a love that transcended all.

I want a love like that.