Last week, I was down with the cold and I worried that he might catch it from me. His father said that exposure to germs may help strengthen his immune system, but his shirt says, “If I don’t sleep, nobody sleeps!” If baby Ethan were to catch a cold, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth among the adult women in this house, I am sure of it.

I tried to imagine what Ethan would think if he were to catch a cold. He would probably not understand why he is feeling this great discomfort in his body. He might believe that if we love him, we would have prevented him from feeling this pain. He might think that his suffering is proof that nobody cares about him. But, he would be wrong. Whether or not he is having a cold, his parents, and aunt and caregiver and grandparents love him just the same. They may get exasperated and impatient if he were to scream and cry all through the night, but they would try even harder to comfort him. However, in the midst of his discomfort, he may not even realize all the comforting he is receiving.

God who tends to us
God will tend his flock like a shepherd;
he will gather the lambs in his arms;
he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.
- Isaiah 40:11

God who comforts us
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
- 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

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I thought you might want to look at him too.

See how clever he is? He is already holding his own baby bottle at two months old. I believe in training baby Ethan to be responsible for himself. Next month, we will be teaching Ethan to change his own diapers by himself.

“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6

With Love,
His Enthusiastic Coach.

Disclaimer: The blogger may have exaggerated about expecting a 3-month old infant to stand up and change his diaper by himself.

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However, I checked back today and found a few comments that really energized me for blogging again. These are not the usual comments from friends that say, “Wow, that’s nice!” or “Hey, that’s interesting that you did that,” but are comments from strangers that ask for help.

“Excuse me, may I know how to get to this place which you blogged about?”

This type of comments get me very excited as I am able to hit reply and help someone. So that’s a good reason to keep on blogging.

In other news, I have been enjoying my days teasing baby Ethan. I have bought his first books for him and he will be starting homeschool with teacher Precious very soon.

Baby Ethan acts really funny whenever he has to bathe. He curls up into a little ball and screams like we’re dunking him in hot oil.

Hello, it is just Guinness Stout!

And Guinness Stout is good for you!

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The male is a Korean, the female is an African. The male is cream-coloured, the female is dark-toned. The male has slit eyes, the female has big, beautiful eyes. The male is petite, the female is as big as a house. I have seen many multiracial couples in Malaysia and Singapore but none looked as incompatible as them.

I’m quite sure I’m not the only one who thought this way when we found out that they not only belong together, they are married, and happily so for a good number of years, and in case anyone still doubted, here’s their three playful children. Yep!

The reason I know I was not the only one who was taken aback was because the male is an invited speaker and when he was up, the emcee couldn’t help asking the most obvious question: “How did you and your wife meet?”
The audience chuckled while the man grinned and blushed. Well, the story of their courtship is a very sweet one and I would love to tell it to you in person if you ask. But what stuck in me deepest was the last sentence that came out of his mouth.

He said, “Don’t marry someone you can get along with. Marry someone you can not live without.”

His words are similar to what the fiancé said when I asked why he decided to propose, except the fiancé’s words tumbled out in long reflections that became sentences and paragraphs. It is a nice feeling to be accepted despite that he can’t stand my idiocy most times. If I were to paint a portrait to describe this feeling, it would be the portrait of a person with a knitted shawl around her shoulders, and the shawl has no holes.

I am also now an aunt and it makes me feel very ignored. I hover over the baby boy and sing at the top of my lungs to get him to open his eyes but he keeps them tightly shut as he soundly sleeps, completely ignoring the voice that proves my existence. How rude! May he change from the little silkworm encased in a cocoon of white threads as he is now and grow in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man, amen.

Oh, by the way, the baby is keeping a stash of Guinness Stout in the bathroom. Can you guess why?

Hint: It is not for drinking while bathing. Think of Cleopatra and what she does with milk. ;)

Ethan 詹 德 锐 was born on 22nd September 2009 which is two days after Hari Raya, the Muslim new year, and three days after Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. I believe this date marks a fresh start for his family, hurrah!

Can someone please sound the shofar? Hear!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN5OSKXI65I