It's 6 am on a Friday morning.
Mom just has to call you today.
It has been amazing how You are making your presence felt each day.
Mom wishes she could just spend the days writing to You. There's just so much to say. However, because of school and work commitments, she has not been able to make her calls. Still, You zap her on a daily basis. You are in Mom's thoughts each and every waking moment.
There is not a second that You are not on her mind.
Yesterday, June 25 ... was your mother's birthday.
Mom got up early in the morning, as usual.
Nothing unusual about that.
She checked her handphone and found one text message waiting for her.
It was from M, an old friend from London days. We do not keep in touch frequently but every festive season, such as Chinese New Year, Christmas, and her birthday, M would send a greeting text.
The text was sent at 0051 June 25.
That was the first text Mom received on her on birthday.
Mom looked at the time 0051 ...
and saw a 4 immediately.
Mom clicked on the text and paused ...
to see this following image that M had sent her.
A frown appeared between her her brows.
Hmmm, of all the birthday images M, or anyone else for that matter, could have sent ...
he - had - to - send --- this???
Mom read ... and re-read the print ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYNN!!
LOVE MORGAN FREEMAN
AND I BET YOU READ MY NAME IN MY VOICE!
Hmmm.
Pause.
Longer pause.
Is there a message there for her?
Perhaps it was still very early in the morning, but honestly, Mom did - not - get - it.
Until ... she started to type a reply.
He he ... thanks M (party emoji).
Why morgan free (and the ZAP happened right there!) man? (puzzled emoji)
(0504 am)
OMG ...
Oh boy ...
How could she have missed that???
FREE ...
Mom re-read the bottom print :
And I bet you read my name in my voice.
Pause for that line to sink in.
OMG Son ... Mom so read and so heard YOUR NAME in that voice.
FREE ...
It was amazing.
Her Son had sent her a birthday greeting all the way from heaven.
A text buzz came in. It was M sending her a reply.
Can be anybody. You want donald trump?
Mom stared at Trump's image for a bit and decided ...
Nah, no message there.
It had to be FREEman.
Hehehe.
You must have whispered into M's ears as he was picking an image.
So that was the ZAP that started Mom's day on June 25.
Her birthday.
Before long, she was receiving some texts from the family.
(Flashback : A week earlier)
Last Saturday, we celebrated Mom's birthday with the family (Dad, Aunty D, Aunty C, Grandma, and the kids). We decided to celebrate earlier because Aunty C would not be around on June 25 (yesterday), and it so happened, Grandma would be having her mahjong friends over at her place too so Grandma would not be free either.
So, we had an early celebration last Saturday.
After a nice lunch, the family brought Mom to TrollBead.
We spent more than 2 hours choosing and going through the beads for a bracelet.
Dad and Ryan sitting quietly in a corner ... waiting for us to make up our minds.
Grandma and Aunty C on the right, with the sales girl at cashier counter.
The bracelet was a present from the family.
Grandma insisted that Mom should have a TrollBead bracelet.
Aunty C has one.
Aunty D has one.
Even your sister, Justine, has one.
And so, your mother must have one too, according to Grandma.
Also, you get one free bead on your birthday month.
Mom did not think much of the free bead then ... because it's not uncommon for retail shops to have promotion like that for birthday months.
Get something free on your birthday month.
So anyway, Mom finally decided on the above beads.
Each one has a nice meaning to it.
She has been wearing the bracelet every day since.
(Back to June 25 yesterday)
So, where was Mom?
Ah, yes.
She was receiving some texts from the family chat.
Birthday greetings from the family.
Mom sent a reply (7:10 am) :
.... Thanks very much also for the trollbead bracelet. I have a stone of wisdom, blanket of love, star of courage, ring of uniqueness and one FREE magical looking bead. It's unlike anything I have ever owned ...
It was only then, that the FREE bead zapped Mom ...
Don't you roll your eyes, Son ...
Yup, Mom only got zap zap zapped ... after the Morgan Freeman text.
Oh gosh, it felt so nice.
Absolutely wonderful.
Your mother felt like she was floating.
Now it made sense.
She has one FREE bead.
How did she not get it before?
No wise remarks, please! Shhhhh.
Seriously, she is carrying with her one FREE bead everywhere she goes now.
OMG ...
How amazing is that?
You certainly know how to make your presence felt in the most awesome way, Son.
Serious.
Serious.
Seriously.
ZAP ZAP ZAP!
Thank you, Daniel.
Mom appreciates it very much ...
the effort You make each time to remind her that You are always near, brings a lump to her throat.
Sniff ...
We miss You so very much.
More than words can say.
Beyond the realm of human expression.
Pause.
You get the drift, don't You, Son?
Good.
So anyway ... back to Mom's story about her birthday on June 25 yesterday.
Dad and Mom were in Gardens Mall about 9:30 am.
We were enjoying our nice cuppa coffee at San Francisco and sharing a breakfast set when Mom received a text.
It was from Aunty D.
There was an audio by Baby Ryan.
(unable to upload at the time of this Call)
Awwwww.
May the good Lord bless You too, Ryan. :D
How incredibly delightful.
The voice of an angel.
So very very cute.
Mom played the audio several times at the cafe.
Volume was at max.
Dad was grinning away.
Mom checked the time the audio was sent ... 9:38.
She smiled to herself.
But of course.
It had to be a ZAP time.
The song was for your mother.
How could it not be a ZAP time?
9:38.
That's easy.
2144 ...
ZAP ZAP ZAP!
All your Angel numbers just stood out to stare at your mother in the face.
Fascinating!
You were definitely with your parents.
Thank you, Daniel for reminding us, that You are always with us.
As Mom was saying ...
your parents were at the mall because they needed to go to the book store to get some supplies.
School is reopening on Wednesday, July 1st.
Yikes!
Super Yikes!
After the 3 months lockdown, it sure felt uncomfortable just thinking about going back to work.
Sigh ...
Isn't there anyway we could survive comfortably ...
heck, luxuriously ...
without having to work?
Surely, there must be a way ...
Oh well ...
let's not get side tracked. Sleep on it, will You?
So, as Mom was saying, Dad and her were at the mall to get school supplies.
By noon, we were done.
We came back to the condo, to pick Aunty D with the 3 kids.
They were all ready, waiting for their outing.
We were supposed to go for lunch.
Reaching the condo ...
Dad announced, "Your cake arrived. From Justine ..."
Awww Jus.
A cake??
Your sister is so very busy in the hospital, and she took time to send Mom a cake.
Hugs and squeeze to your beautiful sister.
She shouldn't have ...
Meanwhile, the delivery man was at the condo.
Dad had arranged for Aunty D to collect the cake from the delivery guy.
The card that came with the cake.
Awwwwww.
What heartwarming feeling.
We reached the condo, picked up Aunty D and the kids, and soon we were driving out again.
In the car, we decided to go to Bangsar Village for lunch.
At the Bangsar mall ...
we browsed around in MPH ...
then at Toys R Us ...
before heading towards a Chinese restaurant for lunch.
At the entrance of the restaurant ...
Mom approached the girl at the entrance, to have her temperature taken.
As Mom was jotting down on the list of customer's details, there was a column that says "Time In."
Mom casually asked the girl in front of her,
"What is the time now, please?"
The girl glanced at her watch and replied, "12:48 ..."
You must have seen your mother's face broke into an immediate beam.
But of course ...
12 48???
Why, that's so clear ...
12 12
2121
ZAP ZAP ZAP!
Mom couldn't wait to tell Dad.
"Twenty-one, two times ... Omg, my Son really wants to make sure I know he's right here celebrating my day with me ..."
Just when Mom thought her day couldn't get any better than it already was ...
Yup, all kidding aside.
She was having an AMAZING day!
Our orders came.
Aunty D and Mom enjoyed their noodles in soup with dumplings.
Dad enjoyed his dry, spicy noodles with dumplings.
Aunty D ordered a plate of simple fried rice with eggs for Dylan and Ryan.
The fried rice was delicious.
Short grain, glistening with mixture of scrambled eggs and chopped spring onions.
Truly, yummy for the tummy.
Mom and Dad posing for a photo here.
Aunty J commented (in the family chat) that the bowl is gigantic.
Haha.
That's just regular size.
So anyway, after lunch ...
we were walking back to the entrance of the mall when Dad said, "Take a look ..."
Dad pointed.
Oh Wow.
ZAP ZAP ZAP.
Father's Day decoration.
Father's Day last Sunday.
Mom said happily, "See? Son 21 ..."
Amazing.
You are just everywhere, aren't You, Daniel?
We were on the way home soon.
To take a rest ...
It was also Baby Ryan's nap time.
We would be going out for dinner in the evening.
Hehe ... celebration is all about FOOD.
Grin.
At home, Dad and Mom were resting before the TV ...
The BIG BANG THEORY was on.
Big Bang is always on as a background sound in the condo.
Alright, to be fair ... FRIENDS too.
BIG BANG from Season 4 to 12 ... has been repeated again and again.
Haha ...
Your mother would have liked to tune in to TWO AND A HALF MEN too but for some reason, the show is not on NETFLIX.
Oh well ...
BIG BANG for now ...
As You know, Mom likes to have some kind of sound at home.
Silence is just too --- loud.
(Fast-forward to 7 pm.)
It was dinner time.
Dad said our reservation was at 7:30 pm.
The restaurant is nearby.
10 minutes away by car.
Off we went to the restaurant.
Dad, Mom and Megan in our car, whilst Aunty D, Uncle C, Dylan and Baby Ryan in their own car.
At the restaurant, we were shown to our table.
Dad made the orders.
There was a 50% promotion for crabs.
How divine.
We ended up ordering 2 different crab flavours.
One was chilly crabs and the other steamed crabs with egg white and ginger.
As we were waiting for our food, a text buzzed in.
It was one of our parents from school.
She sent Mom this photo.
Mom glanced at the time the text came in.
19:44
Mentally, she broke down the number to
844
and then to
44 44
Your angel numbers.
Smile.
Nice.
Yet, something was missing -- the overpowering ZAP feeling was not quite there.
Mom looked at the photo again.
Hmmm ...
Orange ...
Your colour ...
Okay ...
Alright ...
She didn't quite feel the zap or the zing then ...
Grimace.
Sorry Son ... perhaps the connection was blurr.
She didn't get it.
So anyway, Mom quickly forgot about the cat when the first dish of crabs came to the table.
Shortly after, the second crab dish arrived.
That's Aunty D with Dylan on the left and Ryan on the right.
We were enjoying our crabs when another text buzzed in.
It was from a friend from Hong Kong.
We had met whilst Mom was doing her Bar exams in London.
Her Hong Kong friend had sent her 2 greeting images.
Mom clicked on the top image to enlarge it.
Raising her eyebrows, she found herself staring at the enlarged image in her handphone screen.
OMG ...
What???
Another cat?
Strange ...
Pause.
Weird ...
Very weird.
What are the chances?
CoinciDANS?
How?
Why?
What's the connection?
Mom checked the first cat photo to compare.
Hmmm.
Both cats kinda looked similar. Orange brown in colour.
Mom took a glimpse at the time the 2nd cat image was sent.
20:11
That was a clear 4.
Hmmm.
Your angel number all right.
Still, Mom did not feel the intense ZAP connection ... yet.
She clicked on the second image and this popped up.
Mom looked at it and thought to herself ...
A mirror?
The time of the image was 20:12.
That's 21, 2 times.
21 21
YOU ... all YOU.
Mirror ...
What's that about?
Anything there? Your mother found herself thinking hard.
At the time of writing this line, Mom asked Dad,
"Is there a connection between Daniel and a mirror?"
Dad said with a laugh, "Well, he was always looking into a mirror to check his hair ..."
Haha ...
Grin.
Okay.
Still, something was not quite right.
A small piece of the puzzle was still missing.
It wasn't the same heart-stopping, overwhelming ZAP ZAP ZAP.
She was missing something ... but what???
It was until we were in the car on the way back home, when she finally felt that ZAP.
Omg ...
It was awesome ... when the connection from Mom on earth down here to You all the way up there in Heaven, clicked.
Mom had asked Dad, "Is there a connection between Daniel and a cat? Any incident that happened involving him and a cat?"
Dad exclaimed, "Don't you remember ... when we were on holiday in Kuantan ... that holiday house that my mother arranged for us to stay in ... whilst waiting for the owner to bring us the key, Justine and Daniel found a cat ... and he had decorated the cat with leaves ... remember?"
Pause.
A knowing smile slowly escaped her.
Oh yes ...
Of course ... the CAT incident.
Ha ha ha ...
Mom broke into fits of laughter as she received total recollection.
Yes yes.
The cat ...
Come to think of it.
The cat was a similar cat (orange brown in colour, if she remembers correctly) -- it was lazing on the ground and minding its own business when Justine and You found it ... the cat was totally not moving ... before long the both of you were amusing yourselves by plucking leaves from a nearby plant and slowly arranging the leaves on the cat's body.
And the cat allowed that ...
Hahaha.
It was quite a sight.
Dad said, "I think that photo is somewhere in the house ..."
Oooh ...
What a treasure.
Thanks Son, so very much, for being with Mom on her birthday.
From first thing in the morning, till night ...
Your presence was powerfully felt.
The connection is so clear and strong.
You are right beside Mom, she knows.
This is the cake that Justine sent.
Dylan on the piano.
Father's Day photos taken last Sunday 21st.
All of us were wearing rainbow ties.
Yes Son ...
Rainbow ...
Like Somewhere Over The Rainbow ...
That day was 21 too ...
You were definitely with us on Father's Day.
It has been amazing talking to You on this long distance call.
Take care Son.
Tell Jesus and Mother Mary that Mom says hello.
Watch over Justine and your family.
Remember to find a way to help Mom get out of work ...
Muah.
Hugs and kisses.
Mom
xoxo
