..will probably go down as one we'll remember. There's the CNY celebrations. CNY fell on a Sunday. So that meant we were able to meet up old friends at church service. Then there was Valentine's Day which is kinda subdued for me... guess my time with this particular celebration is over and this.... And the final event, Other Half's grandma (my kids' great grandma) passed away a couple of hours ago. We've just finished with the arrangements. Funeral is in a day's time.
She turned 104 this lunar year. Always a God fearing woman, even her passing on was blessed. She went peacefully with her family members around. Even her younger son came in the afternoon, his trip unplanned. And because he came back, a few relatives came for a visit too.
So, in a way, we'll be celebrating her life in tomorrow's funeral. She was quite a remarkable woman. Brought up in an orphanage in China, widowed at the age of 29 in Malaya by Japanese brutality, she single-handedly brought up her 4 kids. She remained generous to the people around her, driven by her faith and hope in God. Her generosity despite of her own hard life is one of those things remarkable about her. She was still preaching into her late 70s and early 80s. We celebrated her 100th birthday with a big bash in 2006. Many of her former students came and shared about her goodness to them. And they came from everywhere..... a testimony of her life.
And in the last 9 years, God was good to her. After a fall, Nam came into our lives. She has been good to Ah Ma... loving her despite her failed memory and in the last few years, faithfully getting her to exercise and caring for her basic needs. It touches me so to see her breaking down into tears when she realised that Ah Ma would leave us when the signs started appearing earlier in the evening. God has been very good to us through Nam. We always hear of problems with maids... she was a blessing to us!
Ah Ma is in heaven now, with God's chosen. She has run the good race and fought the good fight and now heaven beckons....
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Broken?
Education in doldrums... An already broken education system given a really hard whack by Covid-19. I used to read about pandemics, that a b...
-
3 years ago, they initiated steps to ban corporal punishments. Now they say they want to bring back caning to curb indiscipline. For once, ...
-
A little more about my alma mater, ACS Sitiawan. I am sure we often think of our school friends. After all, friends from our age of innocenc...
-
For some reason, the English equivalent of the term slips my mind and seems no where near grasp. It's Sukantara season now. For the unin...
6 comments:
:( Sorry to hear about that.
Our deepest condolences. She had lived an inspirational life for all of us to emulate. May she rest in eternal peace.
our condolences to you, David & family
Sincere condolences to you and your family.
i remember her very well. As a little kid, my dad used to take me to David's hse n i would just sit and listen to her talking to my dad. She was gentle and her voice very comforting. There was so much peace and love oozing from her.
There was one incident when my dad insisted she visit his church. And she was very sporting. She went; sitting at the back of the bicycle in her cheongsam. I sat in front; over the palang.
God has blessed her and blessed her children and children's children and all the rest of the generation will be blessed too because of her godliness.
So sorry to hear the sad news. Our deepest condolences to you all.
Post a Comment