Dating

Dating

This is my last month as a single: 4 things I’ve learnt

I first met Cheryl about 12 years ago while we were still in different secondary schools. Today, it’s been more than 3 years since we started dating and we’re finally getting married in...

Dating

Where our love story went wrong

“What do you find the greatest joy in?” I paused, thinking about what puts a smile on my face, what keeps me going every day, and what gives me the most happiness. “I suppose I find the...

Dating

Do you believe that love is a choice?

Someone I trusted a lot broke my heart, and in processing it with God, it became more and more clear to me that love is a choice. I used to think that defining love as a choice rather than a feeling...

Dating

The greater purpose of our relationships

In 2017, I shared about my struggles in making sense of singlehood and the importance of being made whole while you’re still single. Almost more than 1.5 years later, I found my Boaz. My...

Life & Death

Unwed, pregnant and headed for Harvard – I thought the choice was clear

He was my best friend. We had known each other for five years. At that time, both of us were the most senior Ph.D students in the laboratory. We started a secret relationship without the knowledge of...

Dating

Dear heart, I’m so glad I didn’t settle for less

Growing up, my church mates and I would share traits that we wanted our future life partners to have. We had dreams of how we wanted to lead our families, do great things for the Lord with our...

Dating

I chose to approach dating differently after 12 years of getting it wrong

Between the ages of 17-29, I was always with someone and was never single for more than 3 months. But after breaking up with my last boyfriend, I decided to intentionally be single for a while. No...

Dating

I thought I’d found The One

“I thought he liked you all along!” My friend exclaimed over the phone while I sobbed quietly on the other side amidst the packets of tissue. Almost a year before this, I revealed to this same...

Dating

Finding hope after a bad breakup

I first started dating him in March 2010. We met during some classes we shared in college. He grew up in a Christian family, so I thought that since we shared the same faith, we would surely be able...