You know better than I We had arranged for Mum and our faithful helper to stay at brother’s for the duration of HIP. I would stay at our dusty home as someone needed to be there while the renovation works…

Aiyah! Why now? Our home was slatted to undergo a government initiated Home Improvement Programme (HIP) from 11 to 21 December 2024 to make our home (particularly the toilets) elderly-friendly. Ironically, HIP or rather the preparations leading up to HIP…

It’s Monday today! Ever since after the pandemic lockdown, I take Mum for her senior activity at Bethesda Frankel Estate Church where I used to worship. Initially she didn’t want to go. She had gotten so comfortable sitting in her…

A Royal Family Cruise 2024 I had planned to continue sharing what I started yesterday, ie. the painful parts of Mum’s and my journey but it means revisiting things we sometimes don’t want to remember. I also want to take…

A new mother The mother I know today and the mother I grew up with from ages 10 to 50+ are two entirely different persons. Mum for a long time would have outburst of rant and rage. I resented her.…

Every day conversations with Mum On the second evening of the Chinese New Year, I needed to go to the NTUC supermarket just across the road to pick up some grocery. My helper and I made it an evening out…

Growing younger After Mum broke her left wrist on 8 December 2024, we had to prop her arm with pillows to make her comfortable and also to help with blood circulation. I began to notice how she would unconsciously rub…

I stopped feeling guilty Of the 28 days this coming February, ten days will be spent taking mum for her various medical appointments at two different hospitals. Visits with the healthcare specialists may last less than an hour but booking…