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Finding Joy
I love all my five grandchildren. But one brings a special joy
Love recognises uniqueness and takes different forms even in the same family.
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We live in a society that prizes fairness and balance, and rightly so. But fairness in love doesn’t mean sameness.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
Daniel Fung
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I have five grandchildren, and I love them all. But if I am completely honest, and honesty is where joy begins, one of them brings me a special kind of joy.
That joy is difficult to describe. It isn’t the quiet contentment of being loved, or the pride of watching a child grow. It is more like a spark, a resonance, as if two personalities click in perfect rhythm. It feels co-created, like jazz: unpredictable, playful, more than the sum of its parts.
