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Stronger together: How families grow closer through hard times

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Crises like illness and disability can bring families closer together.

Crises like illness and disability can bring families closer together.

ST PHOTOS: LUTHER LAU, AZMI ATHNI, CHONG JUN LIANG, GIN TAY

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SINGAPORE – For much of her adult life, Ms Marianne Tan was so busy with her job in marketing and fund raising that she did not spend much time at home with her parents.

Then she had a stroke in 2017. It left her with lingering physical weakness, but strengthened her family ties.

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