I am a mum
For Mother’s Day, I decided to celebrate by writing. I have written only sporadically for the past few years, mainly because the past few years of mothering have been difficult...
A House That Cleans Itself
Recently I came across the best Housekeeping book I have ever read – The House That Cleans Itself (HTCI) by Mindy Starns Clark. Mindy wrote it for the “housekeeping impaired”,...
Are You in my heart?
Yesterday, I was trying to get Samuel to eat some meat at lunch. He looked at it and said he does not want to. He has tried it before and...
Shepherding the heart – my physical heart
I recently started on a fitness programme. It is to strengthen my heart. Last month I had a health scare – my blood pressure shot up to 150/90 consistently and...
Happy birthday to Me
When I went to my table this morning, this sight greeted me. It was a birthday present from Elias. There is a personal message behind that. He wrote “Thank you...
Piloxing
Today I went for my second Piloxing class. I like it because it has a good mix of aerobic exercise and stretching. I was looking for a way to exercise...
Avillion, Port Dickson with Daddy and Mummy
During the March school holidays, Edmund and I brought my parents to Avillion, Port Dickson. I have always wanted to bring my mum to Avillion, because I grew up listening to...
It’s for the moments
There are the moments of recognition. When he is walking in a crowd (having just acquired the ability to walk confidently on his own) and suddenly looks back with searching...
Thank you, for the primary school years
I now have two boys in Secondary school. Wow. It is unbelievable. Where did the primary school years go? I suppose they just went day by day, from one spelling to...
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...
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...
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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