Dear Editor,
While Jacqui Wright's 'A letter to single women' (November en) makes some valid points, I think these can be better applied to anyone who is hurting or struggling to feel accepted, rather than to single women as a whole. I appreciate that being single can be difficult at times, but I think the betrayal, rejection and abandonment that Jacqui describes are not necessarily the feelings of single women: they are universal and can be experienced whatever our marital status. Equally, being deeply loved in Christ is an identity that all Christians can claim and delight in, and Christ should be our ‘one true love’, whether we are single or married.
Although at times it can be helpful to draw distinctions based on our relationship statuses and to acknowledge the difficulties that these statuses can bring, I think it's also important to recognise and value the positives.
