On Monday, 23rd March 2015, I woke up to the news that our first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew has passed on. He had been hospitalised since 5th February 2015 for a bad bout of pneumonia. And we, the nation, had been slowly prepared for the worst when announcements made by the Prime Minister’s […] Read more…
Month: March 2015
Different children, different personalities, different solutions
People see our family with our generally well behaved 7 children and they think we are parenting experts. Well I am here to tell you – yet again – that we are no experts. While our children may be generally well behaved, they, like us, are sinful creatures in need of a Saviour. While experience does help, […] Read more…
20th Anniversary!
20 years. In the larger scheme of things, a drop in the ocean and yet in an age where divorce is common and on the rise, it is a big deal. And for someone who never wanted to get married, it is an even bigger deal! 😉 Those who know us would have heard this […] Read more…
Do your children really know you?
My children don’t really know me. They only know me as their mom. They only see me interact with people as their mom. Yes, I tell them what I used to do and all and yet it isn’t reality to them, I suppose what I say remain mere stories in their minds. They forget that I had a life before I became their mother. Read more…
Intimidated?!
While chatting with an acquaintance about the struggles many new mothers have with ministry and motherhood, she said in all earnestness to me, “But you set the standard too high!” Hmm……. The last time I heard something similar was when a friend was told that the younger moms didn’t dare approach her for advice because […] Read more…