by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 25, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Family, God's Provision
Last Friday, January 18th, I became a grandfather. I was in Singapore. Austin Tan arrived in Melbourne. I heard the news. I saw the pics. I can’t wait to carry him, to kiss him, to smell him, like my dad carried me, and kissed me and smelled me when I was a baby. It’s...
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 | Nov 2, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Family, Marriage, Parenting
I just came back from Penang late last night. Spent a few very special days there. First, we celebrated my mum’s 90th birthday. That would have been special enough. But we also had a short family holiday. There are six in our immediate family: Bernice, myself,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 14, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Church, Family, Leadership, Parenting
If I were deciding on a career today and did any sort of vocational testing, I am sure I wouldn’t have done dentistry. I would probably have ended up in law, or management or mass communication, but no, not dentistry. Fine detailed handwork is just not me,...
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...
