家家有本难念的经 & 明天会更好

I often hear dad mentioning about this mandarin verse - 家家有本难念的经. Sounds pretty impressive though i dont really understand what it means.

I dont see our house having scriptures so what's with every household having its own scriptures (literal translation)? Umm...dad have you gone bonkers?

Well, what dad meant was this. When i came to this world, it was under the most testing of circumstances. Instead of pure joy associated with my birth, my family went into a period of despair. For the next couple of months, while other babies at the same stage were spending joyous moments with their parents, i was going in and out of KKH for 3 major ops. Dad and mummy were going thru an emorous amount of physical as well as mental stress.

Research have shown that my type of condition affects one baby out of every five births. In the beginning Dad kept thinking why it has to be me who go thru all these pains. It was a fact hard to accept initially as dad and mummy cant bear to see me suffering. As times goes by, dad thought things thru and his mind got to be at peace and calm.

During the times spent in KKH, we got acquainted with some other babies; putri who stayed in the high dependency ward for over a year since birth, another jovial in ward 55 plus one more baby boy having similar condition, plus many more who were admitted in kkh due to different medical conditions.

Each of them are brave babies considering the sufferings they went thru. Nobody wanted to be in similar situations as them but its all fated. Dad's thoughts goes out to all of them that's why he bought balloons for them, and me as well, except that my balloon got squashed by the ceiling fan.

The sight of many other babies suffering in kkh's wards for different medical conditons make dad realises that we are not alone and there's others out there who are experiencing anguish due to each's problems - 家家有本难念的经.

But beyond every problem lies a glimmer of hope. Like what dad always tells the other parents in the wards - 康复就好.

That's why nowdays dad always says - 明天会更好.