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If you are ever going to love Love me now while I can know The sweet and tender feelings Which from true affection flow Love me now while I am living Do not wait until I am gone And then have it chiselled in marble Sweet words on ice-cold stone If you have tender thoughts [...]

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Reality and fact are really quite subjective to the beholder. I dressed really simple to the mall yesterday and met a beloved friend there for a while. She shared with me this morning that eventhough I was dressed pretty shabby the day before, she noticed that people still looked at me because I am pretty [...]

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It is interesting that after many years of arriving late at a loved one’s place for the festive season, being married; I was early at the loved one’s place this year, being single – and yet what impacted me was the loved one’s constant comments on how badly I had brought up the little one. [...]

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*from the voice & heart of one ~ dedicated to Princess MA* When I MYOB, does it mean I do not even voice out my concern? Apparently, no… And yet, what is the point when I voice out my concern especially to one that I hold dear to my heart caring for the physical need [...]

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I grew And then it took over And it took over eversince Because I grew The more I grew The more it grew Taking over, rapidly though quietly So that no one will know So that no spotlight can be earned I grew And then it took over And each shout out of frustration No [...]

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*published in The New York Times, July 31, 2009* LET’S say you have what you believe to be a healthy marriage. You’re still friends and lovers after spending more than half of your lives together. The dreams you set out to achieve in your 20s — gazing into each other’s eyes in candlelit city bistros [...]

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Mommi said to the daughter, “Precious, I am going to a play.” The daughter asked, “Mommi, are you going to be in the play?” Mommi said, “No, precious… Do you wish for Mommi to be in a play?” Then the daughter said, “Mommi, I was just asking if you are going to be in the [...]

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Often, there are articles written about the attack and defence patterns in communication and also the importance of openness in our communication with others; but seldom, about the purpose of communication. We are born with a voice, a voice uniquely our own to express verbally what is in the mind or heart to oneself, another [...]

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Do I need to tell you some more that I See You I Love You I Care for You when already I am seeing you I am loving you I am caring for you all at the same time save for an expression? making words of I See You I Love You I Care for [...]

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Sweet baby The other day you went to school Excited to go on your “pretend” holiday With your little “pretend” holiday bag Looking forward to a fun filled experience As you walked into the school gate. Mommi came to pick you up at 2 Suddenly noticing all your friends Dressed up fancy and in holiday [...]

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