Eulogy to Grandma – from Russell
I am Russell, the youngest grandson of Mama. I am saddened at her sudden death. She has made a very big impact on my life and also has set a good example for me to follow. I remember when I was younger, Andrea and I would always tell her that we were watering the plants in the garden, but what we were actually doing was just playing with the hose. she would repeatedly tell us to stop playing but we didn’t really listen to her.
There were also many times I saw her coming home from the market carrying many plastic bags of plants with colourful flowers in her hands. She would then plant them in the garden and water them with care and concern until there were many other flowers.
I also remembered the time when we caught a caterpillar in the garden and she allowed me to take care of it for her. Whenever she saw that I was not giving it enough food or water, she would always guide me patiently even when I didn’t understand after a long time. There was also a bright smile on her face when we let the caterpillar which had turned into a butterfly out of the container.
I am also inspired by her passion of taking care of others even at such an old age. She goes to work at Cheshire Home almost everyday to take care of the disabled people there. She was so devoted to her job that she even talked to us about the disabled people and how she takes care of them.
She usually gives me $1 coins as she knows that I like to buy my favourite ice lemon tea from the vending machine in school. She usually also gives me her hotel cards after every hotel stay she has a Marina Bay Sands as she knows that I like to keep these cards as souvenirs.Now, I have half a piggy bank of $1 coins and also a whole stack of MBS hotel cards.
She also goes to the casino at MBS quite often so she has many points in her card. But instead of using these points to book a room for herself, she usually takes me, Andrea, Darren and my brother for a buffet lunch at MBS called RIse. I would usually take a lot of food on one single plate at the buffet and Mama would always laugh at me and I would laugh along with her because although I’m not very big, but I can actually eat a lot. She would also use her points to book a room for us and she would sometimes stay there with us, but when we offered to let her sleep there on the extra bed e ordered, she would always decline our offer and sleep on the small sofa at the side, letting my brother sleep on the extra bed and my parents and I to sleep on the King size bed. These are only a small fraction of the experiences I had with her. She was a very kind person that everyone loved.
Everyone is sent to earth for a reason and maybe hers is to take care of others and she had finished what she needed to do; so it’s probably time for her to leave to meet God and be rewarded for all the wonderful things she had done. We will be missing her until we see her in heaven once again in the future.
Lastly, I would like to share with everyone a verse in the bible Matthew 11:28. ” Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. “
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