As long as I can remember, I grew up loving Jesus and knew that he loved me. He was my friend and he also became my safe space, someone I could cry to, scream at, question and still know he was there for me. From the age of 3 I was subject to sexual abuse … Read moreKATIE’S STORY
9th March 1974 is a date that changed me and my life forever. I was 17, a very frightened and confused teenager. On that day I had an abortion. The decision was
‘It was painful. It was hard work. It was full of love and acceptance.’ Alison shares how attending a retreat changed her life. In 1997, after trying for a family for over 2 years I had non-invasive fertility treatment. I fell pregnant within a couple of months and I believed that was the end of … Read moreALISON’S STORY
Olivia shares how coming to a ‘Loved’ miscarriage healing day helped her to ‘see the light from a very dark place.’ This is my story… My life back in 2016 was a far cry from what it is now. I was in a marriage that was consumed by abuse, lies and violence. I wondered at … Read moreOLIVIA’S STORY
Read how Jill* now uses her experience of abortion and healing to help others facing an unintended pregnancy… I was 21, married with a little daughter aged 2. My marriage was not a safe place but one of violence and abuse. I took a job working away on my own in Hong Kong and Taipei … Read moreJILL’S STORY
Helen shares her experience of attending an OPEN retreat and how she left resolving to take up photography again… ‘When I was a little girl I used to dream about being a ‘princess’. I used to look out of my bed room windows hoping that one day I would marry the ‘man of my dreams’ … Read moreHELEN’S STORY
Through the eyes of a husband and wife… Jordan’s Story God has searched me and he knows me…he knows everything about me. He knew that I would come to Edinburgh to study, meet Jodie, fall in love and that we would fall pregnant. He knew that we would decide to have an abortion. And He … Read moreJORDAN AND JODIE
Through the eyes of a mother/ grandmother… It was a very normal Wednesday morning in February 1987. My daughter was home from college and we were making the beds and tidying up the bedrooms. I’d noticed she’d been very quiet and looked a bit tired but thought she was getting over a cold that she’d … Read moreCAROLINE’S STORY
Sandra attended a post abortion healing group, in Illinois, USA, which was introduced by Jenny Baines. Sandra shared this with us… ‘Twelve years ago this past April, I terminated a pregnancy, and I haven’t been the same since. I’ve hated myself since the very moment it was over; I’ve abused myself mentally and physically. I’ve … Read moreSANDRA’S STORY