by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 29, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents, Relationships
Who are our heroes? Usually, they are people who do spectacular things and whose stories appear in the papers and in social media. Let me introduce you to one of my heroes — Uncle Henry. He was the father of a member of one of our small groups. He passed away on 24...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 21, 2018 | 2018, Aging, Articles, Dependence on God, God, Honoring Parents, Soo-Inn Tan
I love my mother, but I can’t give her what she wants. She wants to go home, but for now she has to stay in a nursing home. Mum, 91, and suffering from dementia, had a bad fall a few months ago and now needs constant nursing supervision and care. There are not...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 19, 2018 | 2018, Aging, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents, Life Issues
This past Tuesday Bernice and I went up to Penang for an early celebration of my mum’s 91st birthday. My sis and family came up from KL for the celebration too. When we reached Penang we were alarmed to discover that my mum had had a bad fall about a week...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 6, 2017 | 2017, Aging, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents, Life Issues
When we boarded the plane for Penang to visit mum, I recalled my first time on a plane. Mum took me on a trip to Hong Kong end of 1969, just the two of us. I was 14, waiting to start grade 10 (Form 4). It was a reward of sorts for my performance in my LCE (grade 9...
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by Bernice Lee | Mar 28, 2014 | 2014, Aging, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents, Life Issues
My beloved Soo Inn and I are standing at the threshold of the third third of our lives (as Walter C. Wright puts it). It’s a sobering time. There are more years to look back on than there are to look ahead to this side of eternity. Being part of the sandwich...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 16, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents
I am back in Penang again. I live in Singapore now but I come back to Penang once a month for two reasons. One, I am guiding a spiritual friendship group consisting of folks from my home church, Georgetown Baptist Church. These folks have become dear to me and I am...
