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Crossing Mid-Thirties!

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//Birthday Reflection// So It's my birthday today and I officially crossed that mid-thirties line! Reflecting on how my years just fly past right before my eyes makes me wonder how time can be lost without intentionally making full out of every second! Reflecting on how the years goes gradually changes as I aged, with the focus now more on: Appreciating a whole year of ups and downs, worth of gratitude, support, optimism, love, families and friendships. Birthday to me is always worth celebrating, not for the cake but for the person and the person's immediate loved ones. I simple love to celebrate people, it makes my heart warm, fuzzy and jumpy simply standing by watching smiles emerge on faces when you see how celebration does wonders to the soul. Reflecting my childhood memories, I have fond memories of my mum cooking "Mee Sua" for me on my birthday. It is my most looking forward present of noodles cooked by my mum with two eggs especially for me! W

//One on one attention//

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//Mum-Son Date// One on one attention?  Have you ever thought that within your family that group dynamic is very different from a one-on-one dynamic? While family time is so precious amidst our busy work-family balance, one to one attention given brings on that boost of extra flavor much needed for the soul. I've only come to realize recently that one on one attention is so important. Some children only come alive when you get them alone and give them space to talk. Spending time with our children individually is just so important, am sure it will reap benefits we know not of in the long run! What it does?  Individual time strengthens bonds between one another. Group dynamics are very different from one to one dynamics. Guess spending time alone fills up love tanks way faster than we expects as I've experienced first hand with my son as he verbalized his wish to just spend time alone with me, so it's just us and there's no need to fight for attenti

//Connect//

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//Connect// //bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established// Family life can be very very busy, be it dual-working families or functioning as a single working parent. In this time and age where we need to keep up with the pace of life with many different expectations placed upon our shoulders be it at work, in school, at home, various mindsets presented to us on various occasions as well as culture that we are currently placed in can pull us to different directions. How do we juggle the different hats we wear daily with grace and to balance out our time and connect with loved ones? Reflecting on this is so important as we take a moment to slow down at different points of our week simply to stop what we're doing in order to reconnect with ourselves, with each other and with the world around us by simply soaking our all with the time uninterrupted with loved ones, enjoying the bonds God gave us.   Our witty girl who brings joy to my heart