Dad is 88 today. To celebrate, we went to eat chicken rice. On a normal day, he will tell you that he doesn't like chicken. But for his birthday, he'd always ask for chicken rice! As I recall, he also requested for chicken rice on his 80th birthday.
Dad's appetite was surprisingly good. We ordered half a chicken, large portions of roasted pork belly with crispy skin and honeyed char siew, and a bowl of laksa. Dad isn't fond of spicy food, yet he polished off all the laksa gravy, leaving us with just the noodles.
In the afternoon, when he was beaming after he devoured a creamy durian crepe, I asked him, "Are you happy?" He replied, "VERY happy!"
Being bogged down by illnesses and dementia Dad sinks deeper into depression day by day. He is rarely happy so today is a day to be cherished.
Being bogged down by illnesses and dementia Dad sinks deeper into depression day by day. He is rarely happy so today is a day to be cherished.
This is my mother. She complains that I take shitty photographs of her. "You make me look like an old woman!"
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