situations

Today marked the most dramatic day of my year.

At noon at home, my mother suddenly fell into a cold sweat, dizzy spell and vomited what she ate for breakfast, twice.

I eventually called the ambulance to send her to the Accident & Emergency area of the nearest hospital. (First time dialling 995 and sitting in an ambulance [consciously], may this be the last!)

Hadn't prayed so fervently for quite some time running before today!

But praise God, my mom managed to recover from her faintness and was discharged from hospital 7-8 hours later. God is and will always be good. :')

Lessons learnt:
1. I need to seriously learn to appreciate my mother more. Especially since the 2-year independent living period without my mom and family will be embarking in just a month's time. And as I grow older, my mom is ageing too...

2. Today seemed like a crash course on living independently and adapting to crisis moments by God. I sure hope I passed His test...

3. I need to learn to put my emotions and moods under control, especially when I'm placed in periods of stressfulness. Was rushing against time for a freelance work at the dining table, when my mom who was at the living room away from my sight called out my name after she realised her world began to spin. Not only did I ignore her, I shouted back at her when she repeated her desperate calls for me, because I thought she wanted my attention for something trivial (which is usually the case). :'( Felt so bad afterwards when I realised the situation and repented to God, and apologised to her subsequently. Hai, I tend to be most ungodly when I'm rushing design work...!