Special Me

We are all unique beings. God created us to be so. Fortunately, so that we do not have the exact likes of infamous people roaming the Earth.

And unfortunately so, because we would never have another great leader like the former Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, who passed away on 23 March 2015 some 5 months before Singapore's 50th year of independence.

Nobody but my maternal grandmother and I have a mole on our chin, mine being on the right, just below the corner of my lips. And it just dawned on me that my grandfather probably remembered her every Chinese New Year he touched mine.

The year he didn't touch my mole was the year he passed on. I had lived over a decade in guilt that I had deprived him of seeing his lucky mole for the last time. He died a few days later.

My guilt was finally liberated a week ago during a discussion about babes and the superbug with an uncle. Had I known that another ill uncle had visited him, I would not have stayed away due to the common cold. Gran had pneumonia anyway, and it was probably a matter of time.

Since then, I have fallen back on the age-old remedy of freshly squeezed lemon juice whenever the slightest hint of the Influenza bug hits my nose or throat. With many of my mother's siblings being in their 70s and 80s, I would never want to shy away from a visit due to the superbug.

What makes me unique too, is that I have a love-hate relationship with ADHD. However, I have resolved to NEVER use it as an excuse or explanation for things that did not go right.

Being intimately associated with ADHD also helped me understand how Jesus can make good that seeming disorder. Because of my unique neurological connections, I am able to devise successful strategies to help others with learning needs be the best that they can be.

Mr. Lee could overcome the negative traits of Dyslexia to become world best at thinking. I may not have reached, or ever could reach, the IQ that he has, but nothing can prevent me from being the special me that God has created me to be.