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Precious moments with his child fill a space in the writer's heart. They join pieces of life’s puzzles together and form a tapestry of meaning.

Precious moments with his child fill a space in the writer's heart. They join pieces of life’s puzzles together and form a tapestry of meaning.

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SINGAPORE – One morning, I was seated next to my girl at breakfast. She was nine years old then, dressed in the floral pyjamas her grandma had given her.

While I was reading my newspapers, she was enjoying her cup of hot Milo and an egg tart. At some point, she was talking to her egg tart like a friend.

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