This is a little late...

Isn’t it funny how life turns out to be for each individual? We live without realizing the importance of time isn’t just how we spend it without waste but it was the essence of spending the quality of it with the people we hold dear to us wisely. A person who’s dear to me lost someone important to her in her life last Saturday. Upon hearing this solemn news, it brought tears to my eyes. Just the thought of what could possibly be going through her mind right now made me feel anxious and sad all at once. And I realized that I haven’t got to meet this important figure in her life yet. But I had to be there for her. She needed the people who love her around her, to tell her she’s not alone, and her mother is going to be just fine in the next phase of her life. Kübler Ross said “Death is not the end of life’s journey, but the beginning of a new one.”

Right now, just like Macklemore sang in the Thrift Shop, “I’ve got twenty dollars in my pocket…” is just how broke I am.  Supporting a family of 5 including yourself is not as easy as it seems, not especially when you’re waiting for a divorce on one hand and your father is ill. No they do not have Oprah Winfrey or Ellen DeGeneres here in Singapore, where it would have been easier to get a donation or some financial aid by just writing in or appearing on screen. But then again, you might not be the only one who’s struggling to make ends meet each day. While I was busy worrying about my father who has kidney stones and a weak heart, I received the news. The mother of a close friend had passed away. It dawned on me, that this very friend who has been telling me to stay strong for as I was working so hard to take care of both my mother and father has just lost her mother.

But hey, I love this little woman. She’s the best thing that’s happened to me.