Yesterday I received an email that goes like this….

“My name is Samantha and I am a cousin of the Thrice Blessed Momma, Helena. I write this comment at a very troubling time for our family. Helena, left us on Thursday, February 21st. But now she is with peace and her husband Andrew. She had told us that the people she had met blogging were like a family to her. So, I felt it necessary to let you know of the funeral arrangements. The service will take place on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 12:30pm. The location is Schoenberg Memorial Chapel (1519 Philadelphia Pike, Wilmington, Delaware). Please keep Madison, Zoe, and Jonathan in your thoughts and prayers.”

— May the Lord bless Madison, Zoe, Jonathan and everyone who loved Helena and whom Helena loved…..Amen.

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This year is the first time I hear the sound of ambulance so often. No joke, I hear the siren almost every other day. On 22nd feb, an ambulance was right below my block, waiting for the injured or the sick to be brought down by the medics.

When i reach National University of Singapore for the bazaar, the ambulance was there too. For most of the Singaporeans, who have heard the news, the 72-tonne, 60m-high tower crane toppled in the construction site just next to the Business faculty, taking away 3 lives. One of the worker arrived for work just 1hr before the crane toppled. When I read this on the papers, I felt so sour….”did he go there to die?” Read the full story here

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Then there was the famous veteran Hong Kong star, Lydia Sum Tin Ha. Affectionately known as “Fei Fei” (Fatty) or “Fei Jie” (Fat Sis), Sum was one of the most recognisable icons of Hong Kong cinema, thanks to her rotund figure, jolly smile and iconic horn-rimmed glasses; who passed away at 8.38am on 19at Hong Kong’s Queen Mary Hospital, after a two-year battle with liver cancer. She was 61.

Lydia left with many unfulfilled dreams about her only daughter, Joyce Cheng. They include seeing Joyce release her debut album. Seeing her achieve fame. Seeing her get married one day and have her own children.

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Helena probably felt the same as Lydia. Mothers feel the same. Their biggest pride, biggest sorrow, biggest worry, biggest joy – their kids.

Isn’t that so true?