Memorial Service

A month ago I found out that my church member Michael Hing’s mum was suffering from colon cancer, the same one that took my late dad’s life in 1998.

Two days ago I was informed she was taken home to be with the Lord.

Tonight 13 of us from Canaanland Celebration attended her Memorial Service at Tiong Hua Funeral Parlour.

Mrs Hing gave her life to the Lord during her last days on earth. She attended a meeting in KL prior to being hospitalized. No one would have guessed that a strong person like her would not be on this earth anymore. And therefore a couple of her relatives, possibly her sisters were seen crying tonight. That’s understandable. I could still remember how happy she was with her friends during Michael and Shirley’s wedding banquet at Royal China Restaurant on 28 February 2009.

But that is life, or should I say death. We usually cannot predict when the time for us to leave this earth.

That is why I constantly have to remind myself. With mum still around and despite the fact that we usually have a clash of point of views, I would try my best not to speak my mind so that I would not make life unbearable for her. Afterall she is not young anymore and I do not want her heart to ache cos of me.

Tonight as I drove home from the funeral parlour, I was thinking of doing something simple to make her happy. I stopped by Khidmat Supermarket and bought ten sticks of Tropical Sling - lime flavour on the outside with vanilla ice-cream on the inside. This is one of mum’s favourite things in life.

When I came home and showed her, I can see a smile on her face. Ah … I felt contented.

So do treasure those that you love and make them happy eventhough they may make your life the reverse.