In Loving Memory of my Mother

Born on the 29th May 1932, my mother , Beatrice Tan Cheng Bee was called Baby! With a baby doll face and the fave of her dad, she grew up into a beautiful girl and later an elegant woman. Her natural maternal instincts made her give up her job and dedicate every single moment of her life to being a wonderful mother. I have so many memories of her ~ she was a very hardworking housewife who cooked up fantastic dishes that all my friends marvelled at and savoured up till our plates were clean. Sweet as she was, the disciplinarian in her didn't let us get away with any nonsense!! ( even tho i did try several times to outsmart her but she still caught on !!) She was always there for me ,being extra strong when the baby of her family ( me lah!) had to venture to the east coast of the peninsular for the new job! I heard her cry in the night and my dad hushed her up for fear that i would hear! She was there for me thru all my casual and serious relationships , giving me advice on how marriages work, and eventually how to care for my own babies. Needless to say , she was the best grandmother any one can dream of for their children and mine were the luckiest. She was always a friend to her children and her grand daughters. When the IT age came , she surprised us immensely with her ability to catch on and we spent endless hours almost every night on MSN , chatting and having our laughs online.
For the past year tho , she had started to weaken and eventually she couldn't do all the things that she loved . It pained us to see her this way and even tho we know she is in a better place now with the Lord , our hearts still ache for her. We miss her every single day but her love will always shine on us and she knows that we will love her endlessly till we meet again in heaven.

We love u , MA...always and forever.

E-mpty without u!