Our heartfelt condolence to you my dear Chrissie & Susan frm the David & Millar family frm Spore!
I knew Aunty Violet when I was just a wee girl of about 8 or 9 yrs of age when she moved into our kampung hence my vivid memory of her would be that of a single but very hardworking mum whom loved her daughters fiercely & tho I never spoke to her on a one to one basis, as a young girl, I already knew she was a strong character of a woman which at that time sort of intimidated me but then again it was rough times & poverty was the major culprit & it tends to keep families to oneself!
Through the passing of years our contact sort of diminished but i would dare say that there must have been a special spark coz about 3 yrs ago, Chrissie brought mum to spore which at that point she was stricken wif dementia, as Chrissie wheeled mum into my home, I was very aware abt da situation of dementia stage she was in, she was quiet but fully aware of her new surroundings but I doubted that she knew whom we were ( my elder sis & my youngest bro, along wif my sons plus I've not seen her over the span of 30 plus years, as evening unfolded, I hugged her at one point & I whispered gently in her ears...."Jesus loves u & just let it ...
...that she remembered me at all Nor my siblings,at one point, I recall just giving her a big cuddle & whispering softly & gently that our Heavenly Father loves her & before I can even stand upright coz Aunty was in her wheelchair, she wif a voice like all of a sudden remembered my blurted my name ..."Helen"!!!
It was a very humbling moment for me, that spark which I mentioned earlier....well that was it, the re-connection point, her eyes sparked, just for that split second & for me, I felt a very special favor, thots of a special fondness wif love coming frm her to me, to my siblings, she was in a very happy mood coz for just that split second, she saw the Clout family, David family & even the Millar family, all merging together, Susan & Christine, Rosalind, Joseph & me, perhaps just for a flash in her wonderful peaceful mind,we were children back in our small kampung!!!
Chrissie & Susan, as I bid ur mum farewell, I also stand here wif my fair share of respect to Aunty, it wasn't easy fete for her at all especially in the 1960s....we shall meet again Aunty & one of my Favourite bibilical quote to gently send you off your continuing journey my dear Aunty Violet...
Isaih 46:4..." I am he, I am he who will sustain you and I will carry you, I will sustain you and I will rescue you".