27 Feb 2011

We went to church this morning with Charlene. After service, we had lunch with our cell group at Long John Silver. It was our FIRST lunch with our cell group! Thank you Lord Jesus!

26 Feb 2011

Today we went to Ah Sang's place to visit him and his family. We truly thank God for Ah Sang who reached out to us back in Nov 2009 on the day when our hopes were dashed by the doctors' poor prognosis. Yes, medically Charlene's prognosis remained poor. But our hope is in Lord Jesus Christ.

Ah Sang also invited his friends, another family. At first glance, the family looked really normal. It was only when the Dad asked his 20? year old son to share with Uncle Ah Sang what he did in the gym that got me puzzled. Later on, Ah Sang told us that the gentleman sitting there, eating by himself, talking etc is a living testimony of God's grace. The boy (an ex ACS rugby player) got into an accident and suffered traumatic brain injury. One half of his body was paralyed. Through God's grace, he recovered. And though he was unable to play in competitive sports, God opened another door for him. He has completed his diploma in art and painting and will pursue his degree next year. His Dad also shared that through his son's accident, it has united the ACS community. God is just so amazing!

And we are glad we brought along Charlene's milk (read 19 Feb post). We fed her and were able to stay longer for fellowship with our fellow brothers and sisters. Hearing the sharing of what God has done for them uplifted our spirits.

22 Feb 2011

Daddy was on leave and went to school with Charlene and me. Charlene is such a smart girl. She was awake the whole morning though I was desperately trying to get her to sleep. Then when it was time for school, she slept. She slept through her occupation therapy session and only woke up in the middle of her physiotherapy session. She was awake in the multi-sensory room (everyone's favourite room with smoothing music and lights) but went back to sleep after we returned to the classroom.

19 Feb 2011

We got up all excited for the "Big Day". It was a church wedding of 2 of our cell group members. I have prep Charlene for today all week. I will tell her everyday "Charlene, we are going to Uncle Man Loon and Auntie Shumin church wedding on Sat. Charlene must be a good girl".

And thank God, we got there on time despite getting out late and the taxi getting lost.

It is the FIRST time that we attended a church wedding as a family! Thank God! Charlene was absolutely pretty and fantastic throughout the whole service. She fell asleep after it ended and that gave us time to eat lunch before rushing back home to feed Charlene. Christine told us to just pack Charlene milk stuff along when we go out next time.

 

14 Feb 2011

Yay, we spent Valentine's Day together as a family. We were running low on Huggies diapers and hence we decided to bring Charlene out again. We took a bus there (2 stops) and she was all quiet. Afterwhich she started crying in the pram (either she wants to be carried or the road is too bumpy). While I was busy buying the diapers, Dez was busy pushing her around. He said that Charlene was looking around at the lights, the new surroundings.

On our way home, we took the MRT. Charlene was giving the "Eh, where am I? What is this?" look. And when I told her we are in the MRT, it is moving, blah blah, she smiled. Though it was only a stop from Khatib to Yishun, it is the first time that Charlene went on the MRT! Yay, thank you Lord Jesus!

13 Feb 2011

Charlene started using her button buddies today. They arrived yesterday and took almost a day to dry (a strong evidence of their absorbency). They are definitely more absorbent than the gauze. So I don't have to keep changing gauze (and hence cutting them). Seeing them also made my day happier as they are so pretty and cute. Changing them is no longer so dreadful. I am going to leave one at the hospital and tell the nurse to recommend to other patients. Fyi -  http://www.mybuttonbuddies.com/

We took Charlene out for a night stroll. It was a good time-out for me and Dez. Enjoying the night lights and the chill wind blowing into our faces. We are grateful and thankful for little things like this that we can do together as a family.

11 Feb 2011

11 Feb 11
Today cell meeting was a potluck gathering. We had been preparing Charlene for this event throughout the whole week, reminding her that she needs to be good so that we can potluck with the rest.

Thank God for answering our prayers. We had a great time this evening with our cell group.  Charlene was absolutely good! She was quiet and smiley and quite contented. We also thank Alicia, Christine and Bernard for "baby-sitting" her. I am very impressed with cell-leader Bernard. He didn't even need to shake or rock Charlene. He merely held her in his arms and speak to her. Amazing...

I am really glad to have a break, to have a chance to Lo Hei, to potluck with fellow brothers and sisters. Our cell has been great support to us and I am sure they also praise God for the good things they see in Charlene. May God's blessings be upon all of them in the year of the Rabbit.

We thank God for our first Lo Hei together as a family. And our first potluck with our cell group.