Sr Rosemary told us her experience with this hawker lady!
Gender preferences – daughter or son?
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A hawker wife burst out crying out loudly in the labour room. “My mother-in-law said she would make my husband marry another woman if I deliver another girl! This is my eighth daughter! I want to die! “
Sister Rosemary taught her the mucus method of family planning. And the hawker’s wife finally got a son!
Sr Rosemary, F.M.M.
In many traditional families, gender preference for a male offspring can not be undermined!
I am staying with my daughter, who has just delivered a baby girl! The Confinement Centre serves creative and wonderful dishes! I love the pink pau for tea!
Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.
Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.
Two mothers met after a decade. Both were not close as working colleagues. But common circumstances brought them together.
Mum A was worried if her only daughter, a radiographer, could look after her only brother who has schizophrenia but is capable of self-care in his daily activities of living.
Mum B held her hand and said, “I am grateful that my younger daughter is independent in her activities of daily living. Have you read about that royal family who doted on their only disabled child who needed almost total care? They have to feed him, bathe him, and move him in an adult-like stroller? For life? The whole family appeared on the front page. It was a good example of destigmatization for the disabled.”
Mum A put her hands together, closed eyes, and said, “Yes, I must be thankful with what I have! “
He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything.
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Listen to this song, ‘Menaruh harapan‘. It is one of the earlier malay songs that I tried to sing. It took me many attempts before I was satisfied and got it posted. It did very well when first released.
Practice makes perfect. Nowadays, I can belt it out effortlessly!
Chen Song Ping 
