I need help in making a decision. I have four children... The oldest, who is fifteen years old, is using drugs. He has been suspended from schools several times for fighting, and just now they found drugs on him and have suspended him again. I am desperate and don’t know what to do. I am [...]
I have a fifteen‑year‑old daughter. Since her last birthday, I have sensed her pulling away from me. She doesn’t confide in me anymore. Some time ago, I made a lot of mistakes. I was with many different men. My daughter knew four of them. I know I was a bad example to her. I believe [...]
I am a fifteen‑year‑old girl. A while back, a nineteen‑year‑old guy told me he really liked me and asked me to be his girlfriend. I told him I didn’t feel the same way; but he kept on insisting, so I finally let him kiss me. It turned out that he has a son.... Ever since [...]
A few months ago I traveled to [another country] to work and make money to help my family get ahead. But after only three months... my sister started gossiping that my wife was going out with another man. I called my wife and she began to cry. She swore to God that it wasn’t true [...]
I am a married woman without children. I am sterile. God has given me a good husband who is responsible, faithful, and loves me very much. I cry a lot and beg God to bless us with a child. I have been through a number of medical procedures, but nothing has worked. I have not [...]
I am a twelve‑year‑old boy. I have felt very badly ever since my father abandoned us about eight years ago. I am sad to not have him here with me. When I ask my mother why he left us, she says that he went to [another country] to work so he could send us money; [...]
I am now twenty‑eight years old. Twenty years ago my father sexually abused me. It went on until I was ten years old, when my younger brother told my mother what was going on. (My father threatened to kill himself if I told anyone.) When my mother found out about the abuse, I thought she [...]
I was at the point of taking my own life. I have suffered nights of insomnia, crying without anyone seeing. [I am a young man.] It’s been almost two years that I’ve been depressed. My self‑esteem is as low as it can get. I have a hard time even smiling. I have lost my job [...]
I was married for three years to a loving, respectful, responsible professional man... but our marriage got into a rut. I didn’t feel that I was growing as a person, so I decided we should get separated. Since then, I have been even more miserable. I have been with several other men, but those relationships, [...]
When I found out my wife was pregnant, I promised [God] that I would not break my marriage vow to be faithful to her. But I failed her, and she has had a very difficult pregnancy.... [Now she] is just about to lose the baby. Only a miracle will save the child; but I am [...]
