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Minor Issues: Learning to cope with the changes coming in 2025 for our family
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Changes in life and routines are not always welcome. They can be uncomfortable, unsettling and unnerving.
ST ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA
SINGAPORE – On the last evening of our recent family holiday, my three children were having a boisterous conversation in the bedroom of the apartment we were staying in.
Amid their shouts and laughter, I felt a sense of wistfulness when it struck me that such relaxed and fun moments may not happen so often in the months ahead.


