Notice anything different with this month's title head?
Tip for guys thinking of doing proposing... don't do it at a kid-friendly restaurant, unless you're sure your girlfriend is pro-kids! Beware, drama at a table with kids is not for the faint-hearted! You might want to consider pushing your wedding date to a decade later.
First day of school is always an anxious day for mothers. I rarely see fathers hover over their little ones like flustered mother hens. Personally I didn't shed any tears, but like many parents, I didn't really realise my kids were growing up so quickly until I first saw them put on their school uniforms.
Another piece inspired by my own kids who were playing with Lego, building houses and making up stories and scenes. I thought it was quite amusing to visualise the holy family in a setting with modern comforts.
As parents we need to set good examples for the kids to follow, and this can sometimes be very hard! Parents are afterall humans with their own weaknesses.
Occasionally when the kids test your patience, I actually habour similar thoughts like this anti-kids colleague in this comic! I think children are one of those what I call "ironic" gifts from God. Man want these gifts even though they know challenges and sacrifices come with such gifts. Sometimes we don't appreciate God's gifts till they're taken away or when it's too late.
Drew inspiration from the Genting trip we went during the September school holidays. I remember there was a lot of preparation beforehand to make sure we had everything covered. And then there was the challenge entertaining strapped up kids during the drive, carrying or pushing them around in the theme park when they're tired or napping, and getting them to eat their meals. Going on a trip with kids cannot be strictly called a "holiday" for the parents because I think we ended up more tired than revitalised! But...the important thing was that the kids had fun and thankfully they didn't fall sick during the trip.
I remember this was the period where illnesses prevailed between my two kids. Nothing serious like chicken pox, but they were passing the germs generously to each other. Unfortunately the sharing stops there. They don't share anything else unless you force them to!
Children often forget how much their parents have done for them to bring them up and to give them a better life. Hopefully we don't have to resort to replaying videos to invoke guilty feelings in our kids if they grow up and start being ungrateful or disrespectful!
This was drawn for Spotlight's Christmas issue and the words of the comic strip can be sung to the tune of "The 12 Days of Christmas". 
Parents get all their life and time sapped out tending to the needs of their little ones and often there is little time and energy left for God... 
Yes, isn't it amazing that we still love our kids so much even though they tire us out, give us so many anxious moments and make us angry with all their naughty antics and behaviour? It's a miracle indeed,and we thank God for the power and capacity He has given us to love our children unconditionally. 
I drew this cartoon in conjunction with our church priests' (Fr. Renckens and Fr. Fabian) golden jubilee celebrations. Well, it has nothing to do with parenting ... the little boy in the striped shirt and untied laces is called Jeremy, and he's the main character in the cartoon strip I drew for the church bulletin since 1986 called "Jeremy & Co." Because he's been around for so long, he's sort of a "resident" of our church! 