WET WET WET

I just love the rainy season.



Of course this may sound weird to some people but living in the tropics the rainy season is much cooler than any other season in the year. it also means that we tend to stay indoors more and of course spend more quality time with each other as a family.



It has been a very wet day today and even though we didn't get to spend much of it at home, we still had loads of family time moments.



It is my mum's birthday today!!! Happy Birthday Mum!!! After picking up Shaffu from school, we all drove to my parents to spend some time with her.



I brought some ingridients for making pepper sauce which we had with rice. My younger sister who had recently gotten married came with her husband and brought a cheesecake with her which we had for afters. some of my mum's friends came over too. I think she had a good time.



Spending time with my mum on her birthday has become an important family ritual for all of us. Six years ago, we lost my younger brother. he died two days after my mum's birthday - 12th of July, since then my mum has been getting sad around her birthday time.



By spending time with her we hope to help her remember all the other blessings she has and to look beyond the grief of loss to see God's bounteous blessings. I do hope we can achieve this.



As I thank God for giving her the grace to see another year, I pray for God's perfect healing of her heart from grief.