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…

Six times a caregiver I am a caregiver six times. Five of my loved ones have passed on. I am looking after my 93-coming-94 year-old mum. While things take place in the daily mundane of life, the real journey has…

Oops! I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️ The first of January is always a good day to start something new. I was planning to start blogging again when 2025 started. Well, 1 January 2025 came and went. Seven days of the new year…