It seems just yesterday when we would hang around siewkuan’s place after school,
just chilling, watching 8tv and hogging the couch.
It seems just yesterday when her grandma would cook us lunch, of vege, soup, chicken wings and such, on special occasions we would also have a tasty homemade red bean ice cream treat!
“Amah!” we would call her fondly because after so many years, we were all very close. We would all sit down in the hall’s red couch and talk to her sometimes, we’d talk about family, school, food and whatever not’s.
When my grandma passed away I took the blow hard. And in time I soon grew even closer to her as she was ever always comforting and patient.
Even though she spent most of her time alone at home, she had her kids her grandkids, she was contented I would say. As time passed, especially after we finished high school, we grew older, and unfortunately she too grew older and weaker.
There were times when we visited her, she would wobble around with her walking aid and her legs could not carry her very well. She would sigh as people around the house grew lesser and lesser; we all went to college and university.
She was lonely, that we knew. And her health conditions are not giving her a good time. She would talk about her aching knees and her troubling stomach, how she couldn’t eat rice and it makes her stomach upset. How she no longer could cook their meals as her legs couldn’t stand for too long. And in the end, she was missing her late husband a lot.
Just yesterday, we received the news. That she passed away. As hard as it was for us, I bet it’s even worst for siewkuan. Perhaps she is in a better place now. A place with less suffering and less pain. We still feel the lost. Everything happens for a reason. And this time, it is for the better.
Amah, you will be deeply missed.
just chilling, watching 8tv and hogging the couch.
It seems just yesterday when her grandma would cook us lunch, of vege, soup, chicken wings and such, on special occasions we would also have a tasty homemade red bean ice cream treat!
“Amah!” we would call her fondly because after so many years, we were all very close. We would all sit down in the hall’s red couch and talk to her sometimes, we’d talk about family, school, food and whatever not’s.
When my grandma passed away I took the blow hard. And in time I soon grew even closer to her as she was ever always comforting and patient.
Even though she spent most of her time alone at home, she had her kids her grandkids, she was contented I would say. As time passed, especially after we finished high school, we grew older, and unfortunately she too grew older and weaker.
There were times when we visited her, she would wobble around with her walking aid and her legs could not carry her very well. She would sigh as people around the house grew lesser and lesser; we all went to college and university.
She was lonely, that we knew. And her health conditions are not giving her a good time. She would talk about her aching knees and her troubling stomach, how she couldn’t eat rice and it makes her stomach upset. How she no longer could cook their meals as her legs couldn’t stand for too long. And in the end, she was missing her late husband a lot.
Just yesterday, we received the news. That she passed away. As hard as it was for us, I bet it’s even worst for siewkuan. Perhaps she is in a better place now. A place with less suffering and less pain. We still feel the lost. Everything happens for a reason. And this time, it is for the better.
Amah, you will be deeply missed.
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