Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan's son Mark Balakrishnan has penned a heartbreaking Facebook post about his stillborn child. Vivian has four ...
Still, we got to go as father and son," Mark continued. He gave us hope as we planned for a future together. "He has given us so much joy as we watched him grow for 35 weeks, as Erin and Ethan sang to him, and as we felt his kicks.
Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan's grandchild was stillborn on 14 Dec, and he shared a sad post from his son.
[became a grandfather for the first time in 2016](https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/foreign-minister-vivian-balakrishnan-is-now-a-grandpa-possibly-the-youngest-in-cabinet), when his daughter Natalie gave birth to a boy. Evan spent just one evening with his family before his father took his first and final walk with him โ to the mortuary. [Queen Elizabeth II](https://mustsharenews.com/queen-elizabeth-passes-away/) to those who had lost family members in the 9/11 terror attacks of 2001 in New York. [Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan](https://mustsharenews.com/vivian-balakrishhttps://mustsharenews.com/vivian-balakrishnan-4g-minister/nan-4g-minister/) was unfortunately stillborn, according to his son Mark. The third child of the ministerโs son got to spend one evening with his family. [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/balakrishnan.mark/posts/10167841968565599) by Mark Balakrishnan, one of the ministerโs four children, on Saturday (17 Dec).