Our crazy Saturday

Started with morning physiotherapy with S at KKH. Jere was in an ok mood this time. Usually he cries throughout the sessions and this is the 3rd time only we are doing physio at KKH. See how far apart our appointments are. This time he was trying to pull the hair off the arms of the physiotherapist :P He's an Indian and quite hairy. Thank goodness he was really patient and nice :P

After that, the boys went to kopitiam to have a bite while i made a run to the step down childrens unit to visit little Zoe who's coming 6 months and had a heart surgery last week. She was looking good. Praise God. I carried her and fed her her milk. She's such an angel.

Then we rushed to the 11am novena. After which Tim dropped me at Hyatt to attend Avril's wedding while he brought the boys home for their lunch and a short rest before heading for healing mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) at 3pm.

I rushed down to IHM to meet them for the mass. After that there was a reception and Jere enjoyed the band playing for the elderly who attended the healing mass. Jere was happy clapping his hands to the music and the aunties all passed Jere all around.

While i was at the tea reception following the healing mass, thoughts came back to me of being there a year ago when i was pregnant with Jere. Then i thought.... it could have been worst.... and I thank God for blessing Jere and keeping Jere protected.

People were wondering why Jere was wearing a name tag as only those were to be annointed had name tags. Most of them were the elderly and Jere was just a little baby. I had to explain to some but i guess that's how God's name is to be praised :)

Basically, we were there coz the aunties at IHM visited Dad to give him holy communion weekly. The aunties then gotta know Jere and his condition and thus asked us to bring him along to be annointed.

Towards the end when everyone was leaving, i was talking to one of the aunties when we saw someone pushing a really old lady towards us. I thought the lady was coming to the aunty i was speaking to but the lady was actually pushed up to come and hold jere and kiss jere. how sweet yeah? She was so frail... she could not even push her own wheelchair. someone else wheeled her over. she came over and went, "BABY...." No wonder my dad always says... you can be a billionaire but you can't buy a sweet little smile from a little child :) it's priceless. Jere smiled at the lady and she was sure very happy :) before she left.

Jere is such a blessed child. Thank you Lord for all your blessings.
The familiar words of the hymn just comes to mind....

Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.