Not placing my worth in my relationship status is a constant struggle in my life. Growing up on a (sometimes rather unhealthy) diet of Disney movies, dramas and romance novels made me a hopeless...
Breakups are not easy to handle, much less in church where everyone knows everyone. So how should one react to a breakup? And why are breakups such a taboo topic anyway? For episode one of our new...
One evening, as an introductory question to our Bible study session, our happily married leader asked the singles in our group to share why we were still single. The answers thrown out were along the...
Online dating in one’s 30s is not for the faint-hearted. Repeating answers to the same few questions for months on end, labouring to shape an organic conversation out of a vacuum, doing my best not...
Loneliness can sting. It’s not exactly an easy emotion to pin down and eloquently express. So much so that we can end up feeling alone in our loneliness. Depending on whether you’re 18...
“Do you trust me to provide for all your needs?” I heard God ask. Through tears, I was staring at a piece of paper with the words “REQUEST FOR CANCELLATION OF APPLICATION BEFORE BOOKING...
“I’ll just take anything I can get. I’ll date anyone who says he loves me.” As a youth, this was how Jennifer Heng used to approach relationships. Growing up in a broken family where...
Heart freshly broken by the man I loved after being informed that there was nothing in me that attracted him, I was utterly lost and crushed in spirit. I remember nights of sitting by my bed, all of...
To my 25-year-old self, Hello from the other side. It’s now been three years since you questioned why God wouldn’t give you a boyfriend. Believe it or not, I’m now the girl you envy: the one...