by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 29, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
Singapore’s ‘father of counselling’ Anthony Yeo, who had leukemia, died yesterday from complications. The veteran counsellor and consultant therapist at the Counselling and Care Centre was 60 years old. He was diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 10, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
I miss Roson more than I thought I would. (My cousin died on March 31, 2008 from pancreatic cancer.) In these past three months I have been ambushed often by memories of the good times we shared. I think of the trip Bernice and I made to Toronto the year before last....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 30, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
I was senior pastor of a growing church. I had just lost my wife to cancer. He was one of my church elders. And he told me, “You need to get back on the horse as soon as possible.” I believe he had my interests at heart. He was definitely concerned for the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 3, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
In my last email to him, I told him that we were thinking of visiting Toronto, and him, at the end of the year, maybe in December. In his last email to me he warned me about Toronto in December. He said: Yes, it would be fun for your family to come to Toronto for a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 17, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
I love visiting North America in the fall. I love the fall colours. My cousin was in between chemotherapy rounds and insisted on driving us out into the country to do some apple picking. In half an hour we were in an orchard outside of Toronto. It was a cloudy day....
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 24, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
Funerals are a gift because there are few things in life that throws the primary questions of life in your face like a funeral. Funerals insist that we shake off our life-stupor, at least for a while. Against the backdrop of the smell of the wreaths, the hushed tones...
