Faith

Where is God in my waiting?

Waiting in line for your cup of coffee. Waiting for your online shopping order to arrive. Waiting for your ride to pull up at your door. Our daily lives are punctuated with such periods of waiting,...

Relationships

My LDR plot twist

I’ve been in a long-distance relationship (LDR) for almost two years now, and as expected, it hasn’t been a smooth sailing one. With absence — like waves that tug you away from the shore — it...

Relationships

Will I ever be a dad?

When I married my wife at 25 years old, I already knew she loved kids. She just loves children. I, on the other hand, was neutral about this matter. Until two years later, while watching a diaper...

Relationships

The prisoner was me: Forgiving my dad after years of bitterness

In life, people will hurt us and we will hurt people. No one is exempt from having to forgive and release forgiveness. But sometimes the people who are closest to us are the hardest to forgive. For...

Relationships

My father’s kind of love: Hard work, sacrifice, and dad jokes in between

Dad: “If a man who’s bald at his forehead is said to be a great thinker, and a man who’s bald at the top of his crown is said to be a great lover, what about a man who’s bald from the...

Relationships

“I was tired of being angry”: From broken family to champion of families

Delia Ng, 29, leads FamChamps (Family Champions) at Focus on the Family Singapore, a community movement to shape the aspirations of young Singaporeans towards family, and challenges them to be the...

Relationships

A letter to the best Dad ever

Dear Dad, For a long time, it was really weird to use that word, “Dad”. I had forgotten how that sounded and felt like since I was 16. I’m sure You remember that day in the hospital...

Relationships

He just has to break your heart

“He just has to break your heart.” This phrase stuck with me after a long conversation with a very dear friend. Recently, I’ve faced some discouragement and disappointment that has...

Relationships

Rejection drove me in the right direction

As the youngest child, I’m often teased and called the little princess of the family. But the truth is that when I was growing up, it was often difficult for me to get my mother’s attention. I...