Case 847
I am separated from the father of my fifteen-year-old daughter, but now I am finding it difficult to get her to want to go to see him when it’s his time for visits with her little brother. She tells me that her father blames her for things that happen to him with his current partner, and that he says degrading things about me. I have talked to him several times about not saying inappropriate things [...]
Case 846
I have lived my whole life in a family environment marked by verbal and physical violence, which has made me hesitant to start my own family.... I remember that, when I was four years old, my mother would hit me, and those punishments left deep wounds that have led me to develop certain non-chemical addictions to ease my pain. I realize that I need help.... Sometimes I wish I could go far away and rebuild [...]
Case 845
I am a teenager, and I want my future to be successful, so I’ve started playing soccer to see if I can achieve something great in the sport. I lack experience and training, but I want to stand out... and I’m afraid that God will say “no” to me.... Dear Friend, We congratulate you for caring about God’s plan for your life. Unfortunately, you are confused about how to find God’s will. You seem to [...]
Case 844
I feel terrible and incredibly guilty. I would like to kill myself.... For some reason that I don’t understand, I started feeling attracted to my cousin. One night we were together, and I touched her in ways I shouldn’t have, but I stopped myself and we didn’t go further. Later, during a family outing, I tried to secretly record her naked with a hidden camera, and she caught me doing it. Now she hates me, [...]
Case 843
I am engaged and love my future husband, but there are things that have hurt me. On several occasions, when he has been furious, he has raised his hand against me and raised his voice. He always justifies it by saying that I made him angry. He is very anxious to get married, but I am now afraid and don’t know if I really should.... He says that he’s praying a lot to change, but [...]
Case 842
Sixteen years ago... I became pregnant without being married. To try and correct that mistake, I decided to marry the father of my son.... We were married in a civil ceremony... and I now have another son with him, but he thinks that we should have the wedding ceremony again, this time in his church.... Besides, he is demanding that my children and I go with him to his church instead of ours.... I am [...]
Case 841
My family is made up of my twelve-year-old daughter and two sons, together with my partner, who is the father of all my children.... Unfortunately, he sexually abused our daughter. When I found out, he was very sorry and asked Christ to come into his heart, and asked forgiveness from our daughter and from me.... My mother wants me to report him to the authorities and for me to separate from him.... I know that [...]
Case 840
After ten years of marriage, my wife felt very drawn to an attractive and much younger guy who would come to the house to sell us bread. Sometimes they would spend up to forty minutes talking in front of our house. I would tell my wife that what she was doing wasn’t right, but she would reply that it was just an innocent friendship. I warned her many times until they got to the point [...]
Case 839
I got married and, at the start of the pandemic, my husband migrated alone to [another country]. My two children and I stayed behind. Over time, I found out that he pays women for sex. He says that’s all it is, but it broke my heart and I am devastated.... Now he tells me that, if I want our relationship to survive, I need to go to be with him, but my children don’t want [...]