Family

Two follicles shouldn’t have been enough. They were.

Back in January, I wrote a piece called “6 things no one told me about infertility”. It was the kind of piece that writes itself; I just put down in words all the heartache, disappointment and...

Do Good

Heartbroken by children in need, this young couple opened their home and became foster parents

As a DINK (double income, no kids) couple, Renfred Loh, 37, and Monica Zheng, 36, could be having cosy date nights or enjoying impromptu getaways during their downtime, but they have chosen a...

Real Life, Real People

I survived on $2 a day… then everything changed

Since young, I have lived with little. So life was the same every day: just waking up, eating at some kopitiam, going to school and going back home. That’s about it. I didn’t have a phone, I...

Dating

I just want to be loved. Is that too much?

I got into my first relationship at 18 years old. Because of that relationship, I felt like I finally had someone to rely on. My ex-partner became my everything for close to 10 years. I was in love,...

Family

When God didn’t fix my broken family

My impression of my relationship with my family? We used to be very close. When I looked back at the photos, I know that we shared a lot of good memories, and I used to feel very safe around them....

Finding Purpose

Going from RSAF major to café owner, it’s been difficult but divine

You’re gonna have to read ANDY LIM’s life story (here!) to find out really just why he would leave behind a stable career in the RSAF for the rocky path of becoming an F&B...

Finding Purpose

The sunset that saved my life

I grew up in a household steeped in Eastern religions. Since young, I just followed whatever my parents did, worshipping idols, doing rituals, going to temples, and consulting mediums who claimed to...

National Service

Navigating heartbreak alongside BMT, my military faith community pulled me through

National Service (NS) was a time of growth where I got to learn new things about myself and unlearn many misconceptions I had about myself. It taught me how to relate to others, about resilience and...

Illness

“Every night I tell her her name”: Retired pastor who’s spent 13 years caring for wife with Alzheimer’s

Retired pastor Alvin Ngo, 61, spends almost every moment of every day with his wife of 35 years, Wai Leng. They have been inseparable for the last 13 years. It would have been romantic had it not...