Have you ever found yourself in a position where you had to deal with someone difficult? In most cases, our instinct would be to walk away from people that we can’t handle. But what if this...
TRIGGER WARNING: This story contains material about suicidal thoughts and a suicide attempt that some may find distressing. Growing up, I helped my mother collect cardboard boxes to sell after school...
Ashley Tan, 23, and Jewel Chang, 23, first met at their polytechnic orientation. The two girls hit it off immediately and later found out that they would be classmates. While Ashley had not intended...
The journey of motherhood did not start with skin-to-skin or looking into my baby’s eyes with my husband by my side. I literally crawled into motherhood bruised and battered, overwhelmed with...
Around the middle of 2021, I discovered that I was pregnant, so I arranged to see an obstetrician at the hospital. During the check-up, I also decided to raise the issue of the two lumps on my...
Whenever I read Bible verses that spoke of “dying to self”, I can’t help but have tears well up in my eyes. I will always remember how my mother embodied this value while she was still on...
Papa has Parkinson’s disease. When I first heard this statement, I didn’t think much of it. Because I was young when it happened, I assumed this was just another illness that would pass....
The air froze. Besides the clink of forks, there was nothing but an awkward silence. I remember the look on the young man’s face as we had dinner in a beautiful restaurant he had carefully...
We were the graduating cohort of Primary 6 students — a group of bright-eyed 12-year-olds. We had spent much of our childhood seeing each other every week for Sunday School. Most, if not all of us,...