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| Tomorrow Never Comes by Norma MarekA few weeks ago while I was waiting, in a car wash shop, for my brother’s car to be washed, I picked up a copy of National Geographic to read. When I flipped to the second page, a photo of a man kissing a woman caught my attention. Besides the photo was the line, “Joel and Kathy Sartore have been married for 23 years.” No big deal you may say. That was not what caught my attention anyway. What really grabbed my attention was the following passage: The day before Thanksgiving in 2005, Kathy Sartore, married to photographer Joel Sartore, learned she had breast cancer. “Cancer is a thief. It steals time,” Joel says. “But cancer can also be a blessing, an amazing experience that forces us to set things right. My work had made me a stranger to my three kids. With Kathy sick, I knew it was time to stay put for a while.” Read more at: http://www.symphonyoflove.net/blog/733/tomorrow-never-comes-by-norma-marek.html | | |
| Lets Help Charmaine Fights Her ‘Monster’  “He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.” - Lao Tzu
This is a happy weekend for most Americans as they celebrate United States of America’s 233 Independence Day on 4th July. Thus I want to wish them a Happy 233 Independence Day. From yesterday, I have been hesitating if I should make this post. Reading this now, you know the decision I have made. 4-years-old Charmaine Lim, the girl in the photo, loves singing, dancing and cuddling up to her mother. She is just like any other 4-years-old kids. Having a niece of age 5 and two nephews of age 3, Charmaine isn’t any different from them; especially on the part ‘cuddling up to her mother.’ My niece and nephews love that and they will even fight each other, just to sit on my sister’s lap. They are also learning a lesson, that they have to take turn and share or no one gets to sit on the lap. Do you notice any differences from your own 4-years-old there? Continue reading at: http://www.symphonyoflove.net/blog/712/lets-help-charmaine-fights-her-monster.html
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| Picking Up Yourself from FallsMichael Jordan was cut from the varsity team because he was deemed too short to play at that level. He said, “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Watch a short inspiring video of famous people who had suffered failures in their lives: http://www.symphonyoflove.net/blog/678/picking-up-yourself-from-falls.html | | |
| White Flower (Sagittaria latifolia) and Bee
Taken from http://www.symphonyoflove.net/blog/668/wordless-wednesday-white-flower-and-bee.html
These were taken with a camera phone so pardon me for the poor quality. Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend! | | |
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This is a beautiful flower, which I have always seen along the paths I walk from home to the MRT station or vice versa and also along the path from a bus stop to my sister’s house on some Wednesday. I finally got a chance to take photos of it, with my Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot camera phone, the other day when I was in Sembawang Park.
No matter how beautiful it blooms, eventually it will drop to the ground and the cycle starts again - the beautiful work of nature. Taken from: http://www.symphonyoflove.net/blog/646/wordless-wednesday-soft-pink-blooming-flower.html
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