A few weeks ago, Hannah wrote an essay about me. In the essay she wrote of her appreciation of me. Of the many things she wrote, there was one particular incident that struck me more than the rest. She mentioned something that I did more than 9 years ago, before she was born. She mentioned [...]
Jonathan is just beginning to learn to ride on the swing and so he cannot, on his own, ride very high. So, when he wants to ride the swings in the playground, he pulls me along to push him. Before I agree to push him high, I always tell him that he must do exactly [...]
Last week, we had the occasion to take Jonathan and Hannah to Disneyland. We had to take a short walk along the way. Although Jonathan knew we were going to Disneyland, which to him was almost heaven, he began to complain less than 10 minutes into the journey that the walk was too long and [...]
When Hannah was in kindergarten, we have a morning ritual. When the school bell rang, she would come to me and I would tidy her up, correct her shirt, dry her perspiration and say a little prayer for her before saying good-bye. One morning, I was as usual waiting outside the school fence, observing her [...]
On Sunday morning, Jonathan was not a very pleasant boy during breakfast and despite several reprimands, he would not behave himself. I had to punish him several times before he stopped his misbehaviour. After a sobbing session, he offered some of his breakfast to me, via his advocate (Mummy). My heart melted. I took his [...]
Yesterday, I heard Hannah joining in when we were singing a hymn in the morning. Jonathan who is just beginning to read, does not always join in but he does in the familiar parts of the service, like ‘Glory be to the Father and the Son and to the Holy Ghost, …’. In the midst [...]
During the last Chinese New Year holiday, we drove up to Cameron Highlands for a day trip. By nightfall, on the way down and home, our car broke down. It was the holiday season and there was no vacancy in the hotels nearby. As we assessed our options, Hannah who was observing the situation quietly, [...]
This afternoon, like most Friday afternoons, I let Hannah wash her own school shoes. As I watch her go about the task, I was keenly aware that I could wash her shoes much cleaner, wasting less water and detergent, taking less time. She and I would both be drier too. But I continue to let [...]
Last week, Jonathan’s Sunday School teacher commented that Jonathan was very talkative during class. Most parents would not like to hear this but to us it was a reminder of God’s faithfulness. In Jonathan’s early years, a speech therapist diagnosed him with speech delay – cause unknown. We had fears that he would never talk. [...]
During the last Chinese New Year, I had a chance to talk with my father-in-law. One of his gripes about Christians is that some of us do bad things and continue to do them because Christians can always ask God for forgiveness. He says Christians live as if there is no God (that punishes wrongs). [...]
