https:\/\/www.unlockingadhd.com\/<\/a>), a non-profit grounds-up initiative started by a mother seeking to empower fellow parents with ADHD children to live life to the fullest. It addresses the gap in information and resources in Singapore. I have learned so much from their panel discussions and forums, and I don\u2019t feel so isolated in this ADHD parenting journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
VTL \u2013 Vaccinated Travel Lane<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With these changes and transitions, 2021 was also the year that we realized we must pay closer attention to our well-being. Specifically, to purposefully invest time in our marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPhoto: Park Guell, Barcelona Spain. Dec. 2021. At the very place the legendary Gaudi would have stood and admired his city. <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Relationships are not tasks and it\u2019s not something that can be part of multitasking. While parenting forges marriages in some ways, all that instruction-giving, schedule-planning, errand-running can be very draining. Not to mention the disciplining, playing judge and jury 24\/7. We gave so much of our time to parenting that we neglected \u2018couple-care\u2019. We have forgotten what it\u2019s like to just be spontaneous, hold each other\u2019s hands, and relive the joys of the \u2018dating years\u2019. It dawned upon me that it\u2019s hard to have a loving family when love is running low in the marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPhoto: At Monserrat, Spain. “You guys look like you’re on honeymoon” our tour mate said. Yes. Whenever I travel with my Honey, I’m over the moon. <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) was announced, I made a commitment to bring Angie go our first couple trip abroad. Since Buddy was not vaccinated, we decided to go to Spain sans kids. This was a major decision as we have always travelled with the kids since they were tiny, throughout our 22 years of marriage. While we have been on our fair share of staycations and excursions to discover and rediscover Singapore, the discovering of new places and new experiences through travel rejuvenates us like none other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Going into 2022, we may look at more deliberate moments away from being parents, to be husband and wife to reinvest the time in sustaining a strong marriage, which after all, is the bedrock for a strong family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Booster<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201dWithout our magic, we risk losing ourselves<\/em>!\u201d Quote from Disney’s Encanto<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhile 2021 started with humanity hoping for a vaccine to end the pandemic, alas it has been another challenging year with 2 worrying variants (Delta and Omicron) fronting both ends of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The restrictions brought on by the pandemic has brought the importance of family and relationships to the fore. Mirroring the pandemic, the animation Disney movie, \u2018Encanto\u2019, one of the most meaningful animation movies in 2021, highlights what we go through when we are \u2018forced\u2019 by circumstances to confront our relationships with those we love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And indeed, it is relationships \u2013 the nurturing of new ones, reconnecting with existing ones and reconciling with past ones – that are the booster that keeps us going. For that, we will always have hope as we look forward towards a brand-new year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Happy New Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\nPhoto: An impromptu selfie. Behind all these smiles are tons of ‘Heartwork’ for family to happen.<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n
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2021. A year wrought with sweat, tears and prayers to make family life work. Before it ended, the Husb shared with me his reflections for the year. I asked for him to pen it down and here it is: The \u2018Multi-Tasking Working Parents Task Force\u2019 At this point of writing, I\u2019m not too sure if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":50556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,67,232,303,24,25,223,417,38,138,175],"tags":[593,597,598,285,599,596,595,594],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/864F2F53-AA02-4833-AD56-0FD92A0897D8.jpeg?fit=1140%2C854&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59hHF-d9f","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50545"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50585,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50545\/revisions\/50585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}