How mummies make it work
I used to think that my children will be fine, because I did all the right things. But when they became teenagers, I started to doubt. There were many days and...
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...
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...
A home for every child
Edmund and I have recently been granted approval to be foster carers. (Foster carers help to take care of children whose next of kin are unable to do so. The...
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...
Neither too little nor too much
I have some thoughts about the issue of “over-preparing” children for P1. There are three characteristics of a typical parent:- a) Parents are expected to meet the child’s needs. If...
Living as Children of Light
I have a thirteen year old who is as sweet as a baby, a ten year old who is like a fourteen year old, and a six year old who...
I am my brother’s keeper
I just read two articles on the Connecticut shooting. One talks about the relationship between video game companies and gun manufacturers, and another blamed the deaths on gun. Both video...
Give my husband a new wife, and let it be me
I remember hearing some time back, that the father is the head of the family, and the mother is the heart. Most women know, of the power they hold over...
Walking in the Garden of Contentment
Recently I am reminded of a new-old lesson – to be thankful for what I have, and not to look at what I do not have. It was part of...
Making it count
I read with sadness about the news of Tan Ming Wei, a third-year Medical student at Cambridge University, who died in an accident in London. It is news like this,...
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