When they laugh, I laugh with them. When they are sick, my heart goes out to them. How can one human love another so much? I guess God had to show the extent of His love for us through little children… I never fully understood it until I became a mother. Just the past one week, my kids have been really ill. It breaks my heart to see them suffer, yet I am so humoured when I experience little scenarios like these…
At 3am, when my daughter has high fever, she can still consume her orange Paracetamol, give a thumbs up and say…”NICE!”
When my son cries his heart out because he doesn’t want to take his medicine, his sister cheers him on by saying “You can DO IT, you can DO IT!”
They are so funny. While my children mean the world to me, it is my aim to be balanced in all my relationships.
I choose not to neglect my husband since it is so easy to do so after the children come. I remind myself that he needs to be shown love too, so I need to make an intentional effort to fill his emotional tank.
I choose to maintain my friendships with other people… friends who were very close in the past (before we had kids). If I end up living in my own island (where the world revolves around my family) and lose all other friendships, then I only have myself to blame.
I choose to care for my extended family and be grateful for all the things they have done for my family.
My heart is full.
Thank you Jamie for these wonderful photos. Love how you have immortalised so many moments for our family.
Alex’s family – our pillar of strength! 
Credits:
Photographer: Jamie
Location: Pan Pacific Nirwana, Bali