"Can you hear it?" (Do you see it?)
Elkan and Elias do not get to go to the library very often nowadays. So when I go to the library, I would search for books related to their areas...
We give them ourselves
We became a family because we were in love. But as the children came, it became easier to love them, than to love each other. There is nothing more secure for a child, than for him to have parents who love one another. Till death do us part, for better or for worse. Everyday, we are learning how to love each other again.
We give them each other
They have their good days and they have their bad days. We teach them, that they are each other’s best friends. Unlike the unconditional love they receive from us, they have to earn each other’s respect, and they do. They have learnt to live with each other – have fun, fight, patch up and play together again. We are proud of them.
We give them roots
My child first came to the world, with my blood in his. He may leave us one day, but our genes stay forever in his. He grows up in our world and according to our choices. One day he will choose his own world, and live with his own choices. We give him a past, so he knows, that he is not alone in history. He is part of a narrative from long ago, which has endured till now. He has value. He has great worth.
We give them wings
My child has but one life to live. He wants to be happy, and I want him to live it as a righteous man. Happiness takes hard work, and being righteous even harder work. We give him all that we can, not necessarily everything he needs. For his destiny is beyond us, and he has to find his own ways and his own answers.
Ingrained in each child - in his heart and the depths of his being - is a dream. This dream is that which the child desires to do, for it gives meaning to his life. Walk with us, as we help our children reach their destinies, and discover our own.
This is our child, as is given to us
Elias was a very cute toddler. He however, often caused us lots of heartaches, not because he misbehaved, but that he often bumped into things and hurt his head. In...
The baby in the child
This is Elkan’s final year as a child, although most people will call him a pre-teen. This morning as I watched him walk to school, I am reminded of the...
How to deal with verbal bullying
Name-callings happen often in school. It can be very distressing, and the more the bully sees that the name-calling affects you, the more he will do it. Elkan has a...
不可全抛一片心?
One of the things I do, to teach my sons Chinese, is to teach them 谚语 (Chinese Proverbs). I like them because they are poetic and often teach very good virtues,...
"I love my family"
This is a picture of a wallet which Elias prepared for himself before he started Primary one. He was excited about being a Primary one student, and looked forward to...
Will we find each other in heaven?
Tonight Elkan asked me whether we would find each other in heaven. He said:”There are so many people in heaven, are you sure we will be able to find each other?”,...
Sharing beauty
I love borrowing Chinese story books. This is because many of them are award-winning books with beautiful illustrations, touching story lines and excellent in teaching basic virtues. These books were...
Teachers – you can’t live with them, you can’t live without them
One of the most important and most difficult relationship a parent will ever have with anyone in the child’s life (before the daughter/son-in-laws….) is that with his/her child’s teacher. To...
Loving and being loved
Many years back when I was an undergraduate, a friend said this : “It is better to be loved than to love”. I pondered over her words through the years, wondering...
Now I am a boomerang, later I will be a frisbee
Elias at 2 years old Speaking about growing up too fast. Recently, Elias told me: “Now I am a boomerang. When you throw me, I will still return to you. ...
小孩子的味儿
Elkan and I are reading this book ‘能闻出小孩子的味儿的乌龟’ (A tortoise that recognises the scent of a child) Without reading the book, I can already guess what ‘小孩子的味儿’ (The scent of a child)...
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