The Star Online > Lifeliving
Monday November 6, 2006
Sharing the pain
Losing a child is a trauma that many cannot understand. Three people speak to ELIZABETH TAI about their experiences and why they think grief support in Malaysia is lacking.
IT was Labour Day, four years ago, when Lilian Chan’s seven-month-old son, Vincent, passed away.
On that day, Vincent [...]

I almost missed the article today ‘Sharing The Pain’  until my second son brought it to show me when I was giving the hubby a foot rub, just before bedtime.  So, both he and I read parts of the newspapers together.  Things seem surreal, like I am reading about somebody else. I got the 2nd [...]

It takes one mother of a premature baby to understand the kind of attachment she has of the child, no matter what gestation age the child is born.  To her, it is a real person whom will be loved all the same as a normal baby.
I hope this piece of news will see some changes [...]

I was introduced to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s book by Prof. Lucy Lum who was my deceased son’s final medical caregiver. She lent me a book which she bought from Amazon as there aren’t that many books available locally on coping with grief.
In fact, I have several books now, which was posted to me by parents [...]

I stumbled on this blog by Hee Boon whom has passed on in August, 2006.

Foo Hee Boon
30 March 1967 – 4 August 2006
Relative and friends to mourn their loss
To die a good death is to have lived a great life…come celebrate my life at my funeral services

I had spent some time reading through his entries [...]