Illness

Health

Calm my raging heart

In April this year, I found out that I had a tumour growing from my nerve cells on the right side of my spine. Fear was a very real thing in my heart that caused me to question what would happen to...

Health

Hope for the suffering Christian

Recently, I learnt from a cell group member that someone in our young adults ministry requires a serious operation due to the presence of a benign tumour. She’d sent a message to several chat...

Health

The scars that can sing

23 April, 2011 is a day I will never forget. It was the day that marked the end of my mum’s four-year-long battle against breast cancer. She was 59 years old that year. It was a battle that...

Health

Diagnosed at 14: Life with Pompe Disease

“You’re turning 24? Me too!” I’d only been speaking with Emily Ho for a whole 5 minutes, yet we had already made a connection. Both of us were born in the same year and we’d...

Health

I was planning to get married, then I got cancer

“Yolanda, I’m really sorry but you have cancer.” I didn’t know how to react. My mind was a blank. The doctor continued explaining my report, but I just stared blankly at her. As I lay...

Culture

Influencer or influenza: What are we spreading online?

Along with the rise of social media platforms – with Facebook hitting almost 2 billion global monthly active users, more than a quarter of the world’s population – many have risen to popularity...

Health

The unusual mammogram

I’m not the kind to keep up with health screenings, but I went for a mammogram anyway – something told me I had to. When my results came back from the lab, my veteran GP confirmed from her...

Music

Out of the depths of despair, a song of hope

In 2015, I heard the amazing testimony of Ivan and Rachel Tan. Their baby, Johanna, had been diagnosed with a series of congenital heart defects that were diagnosed as life-threatening if left...

Real Life, Real People

A new heart for baby

“There’s something wrong with your baby’s heart.” In 2014, 22 weeks into my pregnancy, a routine ultrasound revealed severe anomalies in the baby’s heart. A rare congenital heart defect...