If you are wondering if there is anyone who can possibly understand where you’ve been and what you have been through, the answer is YES. You are not alone, whether you have experienced sexual abuse or abortion there are many others who have felt the things you have felt, and lived with the pain you have lived with. While your story is yours alone there are many others who have walked the path you have walked. Here you will find their stories. Our hope is that you will be encouraged as you read their journey from death, pain and destruction to hope and healing and life. Our prayer is that you will begin your Journey to Grace – today.
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Sherry’s Journey
In 1973, at age 17, I became pregnant. Unfortunately, everyone involved considered the pregnancy unwanted, and no one considered the baby’s life. Making a selfish and uninformed decision, I had an abortion. We acted as though it had been a speed bump on the road of teenage life, and now it was all behind us.
I stuffed every thought and emotion down deep inside My heart, and I believed I made the right decision to have an abortion. I purposely never looked back. However, I discovered, over twenty years later, my entire adult life had been lived under the shadow of that abortion….. read more
Glory’s Journey post abortion
I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. I moved to Miami, Florida when I was 14 years old. As I started my new school, I felt very lonely, and I had no friends. I tried to be like everyone else. I tried to fit in by attending parties, drinking alcohol and having sex at the age of 16. However, I managed to graduate high school with Honors. I was on my way to college. Life, I thought, was great! I had it all. I had a boyfriend, lots of friends, a car, scholarships to go to college and a job to make extra money.
Then a month before I started college, my life was changed forever. I became pregnant. That perfect world I thought I had made for myself came crashing down. I felt I could not speak to anyone. My parents would never forgive me and would be ashamed of their “perfect” daughter….
I decided to end my child’s life. I just assumed life would return to normal if that child was never born. However, the consequences of my decision would forever alter my life…. read more
Catherine’s Journey sexual abuse
I was raped when I was nine years old by someone I trusted to care for me. I didn’t feel like there was anyone I could tell so I pretended it didn’t happen, hoped it would just go away and prayed that it would never happen again. Even though it didn’t happen again the destruction and devastation that began that day continued within me for many years…. read more
Crystal’s Journey post abortion
I was raised knowing Christ, but as a teenager I grew rebellious towards my parents and after high school I drifted away from the God I knew as a child. I moved to a town far away from my family and began a relationship with a young man I met at college. When I became pregnant our first thought was to have an abortion. We both thought we were too young to have a child. We had “plans” for our lives that did not include raising a child or being tied-down. A traditional lifestyle was something that we thought was ridiculous and out-dated.
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Beth’s story - post abortion
Kristie’s story – post abortion
