Showing posts with label mother. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mother. Show all posts

Friday 15 April 2022

Good Friday

 

A plate of fried rice cooked by my mother

At first it was said that she, my mother, would move tomorrow.  However, last minute, my brother called and said he would pick my mum up later.  At first, mum defrost the fish and got ready the cauliflower to be cooked for dinner.  The plan was changed.  She went to bathe and got all the things ready to move out.  Earlier on, my sister and brother-in-law came too.  

I woke up in the morning and mum had already prepared breakfast for Ricsson.  She prepared breakfast for me too -- a plate of fried rice with beautiful prawns on top.  I did not take the photo.  Her plate of fried rice, no additional ingredients.  We ate together at the dining table.  I regretted not taking photo.  Later in the afternoon, we ate a plate of glutinous rice together.  Again I never take any photograph.  That was our last meal, shared, and I never kept a copy of it.  Never know that was our last meal.  

Glutinous rice cooked by mum on Wednesday 13 April 2022

Mum never waste food.  She is a thrifty person.  There were some glutinous rice left over on Wednesday.  So for lunch we shared a plate of hot glutinous rice and she ate so little.  Taco joined in.  We ate happily, not knowing that mother is going to move out later.  

I am having headache now, after all the crying.  I saw mum wiping her tears when she left the house just now.  I too felt very sad that this day she is moving out.  I never felt this sad.  I missed her already even though we can still meet each other again at Yew Tee.  Whenever I thought of her, I feel very sad and my head ache.  I am old already, mum even older -- she will be celebrating 79 years old soon.  We were talking about celebrating her birthday this year.  Looking forward to celebrate her birthday.  

I feel so blessed to have mum around.  I am so blessed to have brothers and sister, and my own children.  I was writing about Be Baptized and not long after that, my mood was changed to sadness.   I hope mum can have a long and healthy life.  May God showered her with happiness and long healthy life.  

Tuesday 22 February 2022

Very Blessed

 

                                   Photograph showing the dining table laid with food for lunch

I feel so blessed.  Let me count my blessings:  

1.   I have a mother.  

2.  Everyday my mother prepared delicious food and the family gets to eat them. Look at the dining table laid with food.  Aren't they beautiful?  I get to eat my meal with my mother!  On the dining table there were 4 dishes prepared by mum and 2 plates of SongHe white rice.  

3.  I have 3 perfect children. 

4.  The family has a roof over the head.  

5.  Our family members are all healthy.  

Though I had lost our beloved pet and lost my husband and my father, I still feel blissful.  If I had not been converted, I would have no hope and I would be very sad now.  The old me always felt that everyday is the same, nothing new... 

Give thanks with a grateful heart

 

Psalm 106:1 - Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. 

Philippians 4:6-7 -- Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.


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Thursday 11 March 2021

Dreams

I am getting old.  I used to remember my dreams when I was young.  Sometimes the dreams lingered on and it affected me.  My mood and thinking was influenced as a result.  I asked my husband whether he had any dreams.  He said, "I don't dream.".   

Nowadays I don't usually remember my dreams.  However, today I was so inspired to 'write' as I have a strange dream.  

I was good at Science and Maths, but poor in languages.  So naturally my history was poor also.  I can still remember I scored a fail mark of 29% in secondary school for history.  That was the lowest in the class.  So I never like history.  I never know anything about world history because it was not in our syllables.  I never read up on them too.  I was not really interested in Geography too, though my score for Geography was okay.  

Today my dream was about world map!  I dream of my mother, Clara and Ricsson and of course, me.  We had planned to go on a holiday to Palestine!  However, we had not planned thoroughly, which day to go and for how many days, all the itineraries and so on.  On my mind there were calendars, views of dates to block for the holidays, but the next moment, we are at Palestine!  It was so sudden until I raised it up and said why everything was so rush.  

At that point, we were almost at Palestine.  I was told it was an island, and Egypt was in it.  Just like we are at Hong Kong and going to Macau.  So we were at a place called Tatagor or something like that.  Over there, there were shopping and it was like a super big supermarket.  We were walking around and later on we lost sight of my mother.  She had wandered off.  We panicked because it was a foreign land.  We tried searching for her.  We even flew back to Singapore to find her.  Someone suggested calling her.  It was IDD call.  Finally we got her and she was fine with the locals.  It was the Palestinians.  But we were still worried.  So we flew back to Palestine, the place were we had stopped.  

The dream shifted.  When we reached there, it was Father Terence at the table.  I can't really remember who was at the table.  But obviously I was talking to those on the table and Father Terence.  The details of the conversation was not remembered, but it was something related to looking for my mother.  

When I woke up, the first thing that come to my mind was "Is Egypt really in Palestine?"  Despite searching for the internet, I had vague idea of it.  I don't know why I had this dream.  If you can interpret dreams, maybe you can leave a comment, or if you are familiar with Geography, you can tell me if this dream is true: Egypt is in Palestine.  

Thank you in advance.  May God Bless you.  

(A short note about the children and my mother.  They were young, not the current selves. )