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- Yawning Bread Sampler
- This blog carries summary abstracts of Yawning Bread essays, with space for comments.
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December
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- Blogging is a criminal hobby, part 1
- Happy to eat apart
- Supreme Court victory in Nepal
- DIY self-portraits, part 2
- Tips for the vision-impaired
- My mother's Christmas
- Futsal on International Migrants Day
- New highs in ministerial salaries, new lows in med...
- After 24 years, passing through, speaking up
- Christopher de Souza's four rebuttals
- Hady did Singapore proud, part 2
- Hady did Singapore proud
- DIY self-portraits
- What lurks beyond globalisation and capitalism
- A skipped floor
- Who shall watch the Watchmen?
- Migrants should be required to take English courses
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13 comments:
I hope you get through this rough patch.. honestly, I cant say things like "hope she gets better" because at this point, what is "better"? I have a parent in a similar situation right now and we just take things one day at a time. Thank you for sharing this yb..
Pneumonia used to be called "the old man's friend" because those elderly suffering an advanced illness were often carried off by it.
Antibiotics changed that to a great extent, but in many cases they actually prolonged the suffering to which the elderly person returned when the pneumonia was cured.
I'll light a candle tomorrow at church for you and your mother.
You write beautifully, sir.
I hope she is happy too. Whoever who had a hand in bringing up such a great man as yourself deserves much happiness.
-SS
our breathing and food tubes join at the throat because we are descended from fish: mouth gulps water, solids get filtered out to go down the digestive tube, while liquid passes through the gills that pick up oxygen
just curious: what was her attitude towards homosexuality? (if you prefer not to answer, that would be fine)
Thanks for sharing this intimate moment. I truly appreciate it, and appreciate my own mom even more.
Thank you. I am touched by the story.... Though I do not practise any particular religion, in my heart, I pray your mum, you and your dad...
Your sincere fellow singaporean
Thank you for sharing this. As much as possible my thoughts are with you.
i share your sadness. wish you are strong to overcome this.
u write beautifully.
As a mother, she only has love for you. Other things does not matter.
She is happy. And you are loved.
My thoughts are with you and your family.
thanks for sharing what must be a most painful experience. i may not have had the strength to write the entry if i were in your shoes. my thoughts are with you and your mom.
Great writing, Alex. Do your best and be happy that you did. No second guessing.
Cyril C.
Alex, my best wishes to your mother.
Can;t you keep your mother with you, at home, with a maid?
Nursing homes are usually terrible places for the old and helpless.
or is this the way of the future... not taking care of our old?
The mexican culture, they look after their old people, has society changed so much that family members have no time to look after their own parents?
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