EDITOR’S LETTER

What is the true meaning of love? It all depends on who you ask. We each have different ways of giving and receiving love. But I think it’s essentially about being on the same level with another person. You should be so comfortable with your significant other that you’re never afraid you’ll sound stupid, or that they will judge you for something.

“I don’t think you can ever define love. It’s such a universal, yet complex thing to describe,” Lee Yen Wijaya tells us in this issue. She is happy to be a grandmother. “I shall love them until the end of time,” she says of her grandchildren. “Although, I would always worry about them all the time. I try my best to be a good grandmother to them. I know I love them, and I know they love me too.”

Patricia Panigoro is delighted to be a mother of three. “As a mother, your kids are your priority. I don’t really see it as a sacrifice because I’m willing to do that for my family,” she says. “For my family, I have unconditional love. I will always love them no matter what. I think the way I express it would be different. Every day I try to be a good wife and a good mother for them because they’re so precious.”

For yet another take on love we sat down with Karen Prasetio. “My family and life experience has influenced the way I see love,” she says. “It’s not a feeling, but more of a decision. It is selfless and genuine like God who loves us unconditionally.”

So there you have it – three different ways of giving and receiving love. But all of these wonderful ladies – each at a different stage in her life – make it clear as they tell their stories that you can’t have real love without a sense of selflessness.

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