Elias’ Pizza Financial Plan
Another good thing that came out of the Good Progress Award was that we can finally get the boys to practice financial planning with their own hard-earned money. We believe...
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.
Recognition and Purpose
After what I posted on Sunday, we received a pleasant surprise yesterday in the mail. Elias received a Good Progress Award. It brought tears to my eyes. On the same...
Whyforth art thou a SAHM?
Yesterday’s Straits Times (Lifestyle) had two excellently written letters about the purpose behind a mother staying at home. Dr Theresa Yap wrote:- “A parent should not stay home just to...
He is a big boy now, he can drive fast!
I brought the children to my friend’s father’s wake. I explained to Samuel (5) that my friend’s father died. After asking questions about why, and trying to understand what death...
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...
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