Family

Family

An unplanned pregnancy, a family crisis

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...

Real Life, Real People

ā€œUntil we meet againā€: Zachary Leeā€™s eulogy for his son, little Emme

Where do we even begin? Itā€™s hard to say something about someone youā€™ve spent so little time with, yet it seems like forever since weā€™ve known and fallen in love with our son. So Iā€™m...

Family

3 lessons I learnt when I chose to love even when it hurt

In my unconventional relationship with my mum, Iā€™ve faced constant disappointment, annoyance, anger and absolute exhaustion. Her mental illness leads her to burst out in random spurts of anger...

Family

Learning to forgive my absent father

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...

Life & Death

Living with my brotherā€™s suicide: Remembering Godā€™s goodness and mercy

I was finishing up my work day when my phone rang. The voice on the other end was distraught. ā€œYour brother is gone.ā€ For some reason, these words from my mum didnā€™t quite register. I would...

Family

Do we see children as a blessing or a burden?

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...

Family

Do you need hope for your family?

I have been a Christian for 11 years, and was the first in my family to come to Christ. By Godā€™s grace, my mum and sister came to know the Lord a year after me. About a year ago, my brother also...

Family

Healing the hurts: How God restored my family

Have you ever had those existential crisis moments where you wonder what things will be like if not for Godā€™s saving grace? I pondered over that thought on multiple occasions and the one thing that...

Mental Health

In the wake of my motherā€™s passing, I hid my grief away

ā€œYour 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 sisterā€™s university...