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by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 24, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
Mr Lee Sek Hin, my father-in-law, was kind to the end. With Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease, he had been bedridden for a while, unable to speak. Each day he got weaker. The doctors had told us to expect that he could pass on anytime for some time now. We...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 5, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues, Suffering
A good friend’s wife passed away on Monday (September 1st, 2014). I had to leave for Penang on the following day to help my mum with a medical appointment. So I went to pay my respects on Monday evening. I repeated what I had told my friend a number of times — I would...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 26, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Church, Community, Death & Grief, Life Issues
Last Good Friday, at 12.46 pm, I received an SMS from a friend informing me that his wife had gone home to the Lord. She had been fighting cancer and it had been rough near the end. I suspect my friend will have mixed feelings; relief that his beloved wife is...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 18, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Church, Community, Death & Grief, Life Issues
We were driving back from Good Friday service this morning when the message came. A good friend’s wife had passed away. She had fought her cancer with courage and faith, surrounded by a family and a church community that fought alongside her. And now we will no longer...
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by Bernice Lee | Nov 6, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Death & Grief, Hope, Life Issues
“Are we done? Can we go now?” They seemed such poignant words when I discovered that they were 10-year-old Anna’s last words to her family. She lapsed into unconsciousness soon after and was taken home to God. Anna had suffered an unexpected severe asthmatic attack...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 23, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues, Suicide
I wanted to be Rick Warren. In another life I may have been. A long time ago some thought I would end up as the Rick Warren of Malaysia, a “successful” pastor of a large church, making a major impact for the gospel. And then Hee Ling, my first wife, died from cancer...
