Greg suddenly insisted to go Grandma's house when I fetched him from childcare yesterday. He said he wanted to visit grandma and to play his toys there. I told him Grandma wasn't around and no one was at the house but he believed that the house wasn't empty. Since my mum's house is very near to TTSH, i agreed to his request. We arrived at about 6:30pm. Greg's behaviour was a little strange in that he used to prefer to wait for the lift. Yesterday evening, he was somewhat impatient and asked me to walk up the stairs with him instead. When I opened the door, he dashed into Mum's room. His shoes were still on.
I saw him at the side of Mum's bed. He turned to look at me and asked, "Mummy, where's MaMa?". I told him Mum has passed away and is no longer with us. He looked at me, and seemed quite puzzled. He then asked, "Why Mama never bring the tiger pillow along with her?". I was struck dumbed. Not knowing how to answer him, I diverted his attention by asking him what toys he wanted to play. Greg selected the toys and plonked himself comfortably on Mum's bed to play. He wasn't bothered with the heat in the room (windows were not opened) or his shoes not removed. After some time, he decided to leave but together with some of his toys. Greg turned to look at Mum's bed one last time before leaving her room. I know Mum loved him and enjoyed his company a lot. I have taken pictures of him in Mum's room but they didn't turn out to be very nice when I tried attaching them in this blog.
Hubby's leaving for HongKong today. On a business trip. I told Greg about it last night.
Gregory (with his arms stretched out, just like an airplane): Daddy, you are taking aeroplane and you are going HongKong?
KengYong: Yes.
Gregory: Why must you take aeroplane to go HongKong? You cannot drive there?
KengYong: HongKong is very far away. It's not possible to drive there. Must take aeroplane.
Gregory: Are you going HongKong to fetch MaMa home??..
Well, Greg must have thought Mum's still around but somewhere far far away. I guess Greg must have missed Ma a lot too.. It's just a pity that Greg lost both his granddad and grandma at such a young age...
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Ma must have missed Greg too and sent him some signals. Hmm...think there must be some reasons why the pictures didn't turn out well...
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