School of Modern Levites
Elkan and Elias attended the School of Modern Levites (SML) Children Music Camp on 6 – 8 Dec 2011. The SML is part of a ministry in my church, FCBC,...
Digital Timer
The digital timer is an essential tool for parenting. A digital timer helps young children keep track of time. One of the thing which parents need to teach their children...
Till death do us part
Yesterday, I attended a friend’s father’s wake. The father was 90 years old. There were many moving eulogies made by the children and grand children. One part which stuck to...
It’s the school holidays. What are we to do?
I have a love-hate relationship with the school holidays. I am sure many SAHM can identify with that. I hate having my routine disrupted, and feeling the stress of...
Teaching and training
Parenting is complicated. We need to pick up technical skills like learning what to feed our child, how to get him to sleep through the night and how to...
My son, my hero
Two days ago Elkan revealed something which made me very proud of him. Elias was teasing Elkan to no end and I stopped him, saying that just because Elkan does...
Standing up for each other
Recently, Elias told me about how his brother Elkan stood on the side of an ‘enemy’ of his. When I asked Elkan about it, he readily confessed to laughing when...
Son of Hamas
I just finished reading the book “Son of Hamas”. It was a New York Times Bestseller, written by Mosab Hassan Yousef, who is the son of Hassan Yousef, one of...
Beauty in the eyes of the beholder
This morning Elkan read the article on Fiona Fussi, who at age 15, won the Elite model contest, and who was photographed in a bikini. He also read another article...
Sanctuary of space and time
Recently I started lighting candles in the bathroom and my bedroom. It started off as a feeble attempt at making the evenings more relaxing for my husband. The candle-lighting...
A good divorce
Today (13 Nov 2011), there was an article titled ‘The good divorce’ by Susan Gregory Thomas in the Sunday Times. I was impressed with how much effort they put in,...
Soul Food
Introduction Someone once said this : “In five years time, you will be the same person, except for the people you meet and the books you read”. As a student...
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