Case 204
We are the adoptive parents of a beautiful four-year-old daughter. Her birth mother was a hard-working young woman. One evening, when she came home from work, she received some phone calls (we don’t know who they were from) and apparently went to meet whomever had called.... The following day she was found dead, having been tortured cruelly and savagely. Our daughter ought to know about all this, but at what age, and how do we [...]
Case 203
I have been married for six years, and I have a precious daughter whom I love with all my heart; but I also have something that torments me: another daughter who was born as the result of a relationship with another woman before I was married to my wife.... I was never man enough to admit my mistake, and now I feel a great weight on me. My family doesn’t know anything about this, [...]
Case 202
My mother abandoned me when I was eighteen months old. I grew up in the home of my paternal grandmother, where I was abused physically and emotionally.... My mother... came back when I was twelve, and I got to know her, but she was always tyrannical toward me. Two years ago she told me that she had wanted to abort me from the start, but that she was never able to. This knowledge has destroyed [...]
Case 201
I was fifteen years old when I met my biological father. My mother got back together with him, and they got married. I accepted him, and all was going well.... But after a few weeks they had an argument, and my mother sent me to sleep at the place where my father had moved. One night he started touching me as if I were a woman for him. I wanted to say no, because [...]
Case 200
I met my husband when I went for a time to work in another country. It all happened very fast. I had only known him a short time when I became pregnant with my son, who is now four years old.... The truth is that we didn’t have much of a courtship. We came to live in his home country... and our marriage is suffering a crisis because of his adultery, and I have also [...]
Case 199
I am a professional and I earn a good salary. The atmosphere at my workplace is good; I don’t have any conflicts with any of my co-workers. The problem is that I hate to go to work every day. I am asked to do things in one day’s time, yet the truth is it takes me weeks to get them done. Everything is repetitive and dull. All day long I dwell on the fact that [...]
Case 198
I am a single mother. My daughter’s father died twelve years ago.... I have provided for my daughter what she needed to get ahead. She is now eighteen years old, and a few days ago she told me that she is pregnant. My world is falling apart! I had dreamed of her being a professional someday. The boy is the same age as she is, and is unemployed. She has been a very good girl. [...]
Case 197
I worked in an international bank, but I lost my job. I had everything. Now only my wife works and I am at my lowest point, since no one wants to hire a forty-year-old, even though I have so much experience to offer. I feel like a kept man. I want to work, but I feel like God has abandoned me, especially now that I have been diagnosed with diabetes. In order to write this [...]
Case 196
I have been married for two years and have not been able to have children. I have had a lot of problems with my uterus and have been operated on twice, but with no positive results. All the doctors tell me that I should have a hysterectomy to correct this condition that is dangerous to my health.... I feel horrible about this because my dream and what our home needs is to have a child. [...]