Pay Respect

I was never a great fan or hater towards Mr Lee. When I heard that he was very sick and eventually passed away, my only tot was that he was really very old afterall. I mean, no one is immortal, right?

Then I read his stories and sacrifices that he had made to make our home a better place and I realised how much I have taken all these for granted. I was frequently reminded about how safe and prosperous our home is and how female have equal chances in Singapore. There is indeed no other place that I wanted to be.

What touched me most was the devotion that he had towards his wife and family despite being so much busier than a lot of us. A colleague told me, if a man is this devoted and loving towards his wife and family, he cannot be that bad a man. I cannot agree more.

Though I didn't have as much conviction as many to make me q up for hours at Padang, I had wanted to bring the kids to the community site at JE to pay our last respect.

Lil Shauna learnt about the death of the very important man in school. I brought her to pay our last respect early this morning before the ice skating class. I was surprised at how emotional I felt towards this great man whom I have never met.

We said a little prayer and left some words.

It was a good opportunity to emphasis how great Mr Lee was. Imagine that I, who heard about him all my life, didn't realise his sacrifices, how much more would our kids, who barely ever heard of him.

Lord, thank you for sending this great man as the leader of our country May you bless his family and comfort them in ways that nobody else could. Remind me constantly too to not take things for granted. Amen.

Mummy Lim