This is the second installment in Hannah’s philosophy on love. (See part one.) Fate. My Chinese sister, Wei, told me the story of Yue lao (月老), the Chinese matchmaking god. Legend has it that he connects two people together by tying a long red cord to their wrists. They may pass through life and never…
I feel awkward writing about love. Maybe I’m too juvenile. Maybe. Probably because writing about love is sappy and when you’re single I think sappy spells “desperate.” Since I’m not desperate (believe me if you want to!) this makes for an obvious tension. That, and people are too quick to take anything written on relationships…
Before I went off to college, finding a husband was always on my mind. I had shared that desire with a friend who was married and she suggested I start writing journal entries to him during the waiting process. It had helped her a lot. I was all over her advice because I loved to…
In my mid-20s, I attended several retreats and conferences hosted by Eric and Leslie Ludy, authors of the book When God Writes Your Love Story. At one of the events, Eric shared a story about his older sister, Krissy, that made quite an impression on me at the time (and still continues to do so…
About 7 years ago, I was reading Proverbs 31 and one verse stood out among all the others. “She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.” (Pr. 31:12). I couldn’t believe that I’d read the Virtuous Woman passage so many times and never once noticed what that verse said… or rather, what it didn’t…
