12th Sep 2013

A home for every child

Edmund and I have recently been granted approval to be foster carers. (Foster carers help to take care of children whose next of kin are unable to do so. The...

20th Aug 2013

Dyslexia – Cognitive weaknesses for a Dyslexic Child

Samuel learnt to talk very late. Even at age two, he was still speaking in single words, and tends to call me “papa” instead of “ma ma”. I stopped work...

07th Aug 2013

Worth the wait

When we were planning our New Zealand trip, another friend was also planning the same for her family of six. We excitedly exchanged notes and lamented about the high cost...

31st Jul 2013

Thank you Elias, for making me a performer

I have a Grade 8 certificate in piano. But I stopped playing the piano after I got married, because I had left the piano back at my mother’s place. When...

25th Jul 2013

Different learning differences

Last Sunday another forum writer responded to the article written by Ms Sandra Davie. His letter “Hot-housing pre-schoolers has its limits” took a different angle from what I wrote here. I...

17th Jul 2013

Our Joyalicious June Holiday

As a family, we love to take photos. Photos are the ways by which we remember our lives together. I used to print out 4R photos to keep, and once...

14th Jul 2013

Test and help dyslexic kids early (full version)

Last Sunday, Ms Sandra Davie wrote an article titled “Master reading, maths early for a good start in life” I wrote a letter in response to it, and my letter...

06th Jul 2013

While it is hazy – go the extra mile

Some of you might have seen the video, produced by a young man, about giving out masks and “liang teh” to people, during the haze. Well, his name is Josiah....

19th Jun 2013

Singapore Kindness Day 2013

The Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM) very kindly gave “A litter at a time” an award on 31 May 2013, at the inaugural Kindness Day SG, in appreciation of our act of...

14th Jun 2013

Forgive me, for doing everything wrong

I stumbled upon this post, about a young man’s relationship with his stepfather. Reading it as a mother, it made me sad. “She asked me if I thought she was...

08th Jun 2013

So this is how it all begins

It has been three days without Elias. This is not the first time he has been away from the family. He has gone for school and church camps previously, but...

24th May 2013

This is your path – walk in it

While catching up on my blogging, I pulled up this song “路要自己走” (You have to walk this path on your own). (The lyrics, English and Chinese, are at the bottom...

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