A maternity confinement lunch
Finally, a son after eight daughters!
Finally, a son after eight daughters!
Sr Rosemary told us her experience with this hawker lady!
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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!
In many traditional families, gender preference for a male offspring can not be undermined!
A pacifier for my granddaughter
A pacifier for my granddaughter
A pacifier handle
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A pacifier for my granddaughter
(SENYRU)
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confinement centre
activities a plenty
to teach new mothers
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string a handle with
colourful beads and designs
for pacifier
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though yet to decide
to buy one in place of breast
as alternative
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Pull out the pacifier to raise an alarm!
Pacifier – a mute button?
See the rabbits in the morning breakfast?
See the rabbits in the morning breakfast?
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cute little rabbits
from small cherry tomatoes
except two black dots!
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Red and orange stimulate patrons’ appetite most! Young mothers should learn how to be creative to delight their kids’ appetite!
Grandchildren – The dots connecting generations
Grandchildren – The dots connecting generations
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When a child is born
so do mother and father
grandma and grandpa!
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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.
Lois Wyse
It’s my life!
It’s my life!
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Listen to this song ‘It’s my life! ‘ by my sister and myself.
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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” — Mae West
Alone, but still shine!
Alone, but still shine!
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powerfully alone
shiningly alone
finding strength
and purpose
in solitude
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Look up at the stars!
Look up at the stars!
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! “
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Pottery – container with twisted handle
Pottery – container with twisted handle
The above is one of my pottery pieces.
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“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.” —Zelda Fitzgerald
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What would our last ten years be like?
What would our last ten years be like?
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Stretching
biological fitness
into our chronological years,
as we age,
makes a huge difference!
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Chen Song Ping 
