Thank you, mum. I love you mum
Today was as good a day, as yesterday was a bad day. Yesterday was Spelling day for Samuel. Lots of pain (for both him and me) went into preparing him...
Planting and waiting
Today was an amazing day for three reasons. Firstly, Samuel and I created our first book. It is a short story about our trip to the Zoo today. The story-writing was unplanned but thankfully...
小步走路 (A step at a time)
We found this cute little book 小步走路 (A step at a time) which Samuel loved. He loved it because there are three little brother ducklings in the story, and they...
Choosing the better path
Today’s Forum page had two excellently written letters (Spending time with family builds character, Family bonding hit by weekend schoolwork) about the tension between family-bonding-and-character-building time and schoolwork. It reflects...
Another way I show my love
Tonight we found Elias’ wallet, which I wrote about in my earlier post. When I suggested, two years ago, that he writes “I love my family” in place of “I...
It’s ok, let’s play again!
I believe that every parent with more than one child has a secret wish. He or she wishes that each of their child will be as smart as the smartest,...
This is our child, as is given to us
Elias was a very cute toddler. He however, often caused us lots of heartaches, not because he misbehaved, but that he often bumped into things and hurt his head. In...
The baby in the child
This is Elkan’s final year as a child, although most people will call him a pre-teen. This morning as I watched him walk to school, I am reminded of the...
Sharing beauty
I love borrowing Chinese story books. This is because many of them are award-winning books with beautiful illustrations, touching story lines and excellent in teaching basic virtues. These books were...
Teachers – you can’t live with them, you can’t live without them
One of the most important and most difficult relationship a parent will ever have with anyone in the child’s life (before the daughter/son-in-laws….) is that with his/her child’s teacher. To...
Loving and being loved
Many years back when I was an undergraduate, a friend said this : “It is better to be loved than to love”. I pondered over her words through the years, wondering...
小孩子的味儿
Elkan and I are reading this book ‘能闻出小孩子的味儿的乌龟’ (A tortoise that recognises the scent of a child) Without reading the book, I can already guess what ‘小孩子的味儿’ (The scent of a child)...
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