I fell in love with my unborn niece, at nine weeks of gestation, the moment I saw her sonogram. My 19-year-old step-sister related to me how her boyfriend brought her to the abortion clinic. The...
Where do we even begin? Itās hard to say something about someone youāve spent so little time with, yet it seems like forever since weāve known and fallen in love with our son. So Iām...
In my unconventional relationship with my mum, Iāve faced constant disappointment, annoyance, anger and absolute exhaustion. Her mental illness leads her to burst out in random spurts of anger...
As a worship leader in church, I often sang Good Good Father and led the congregation in singing those lyrics sincerely. But for a long time, I never really realised that I was the one who did not...
I was finishing up my work day when my phone rang. The voice on the other end was distraught. āYour brother is gone.ā For some reason, these words from my mum didnāt quite register. I would...
Some 10 years ago, I wondered if future generations of children would grow up hating life because of how unbearable it would be. While growing up, on several occasions ā often deep in the night and...
I have been a Christian for 11 years, and was the first in my family to come to Christ. By Godās grace, my mum and sister came to know the Lord a year after me. About a year ago, my brother also...
Have you ever had those existential crisis moments where you wonder what things will be like if not for Godās saving grace? I pondered over that thought on multiple occasions and the one thing that...
āYour mother was highly successful. A scholar. By the time she was your age, she was giving tuition to multiple children, holding a part-time job and supporting her sisterās university...