A very beautiful and honest testimony…thank you for sharing you rheart Patricia!

Patricia’s story

Planned Parenthood and the body parts

The following story was sent out by the Sacramento 40 Days for Life group on October 13 with this note: “Patricia
worked at the Planned Parenthood here in Sacramento and is now helping
the Rachel’s Vineyard post-abortion healing ministry.” 

My name is Patricia.

I have the best childhood memories. The only thing missing in our
family was God. We never went to Mass on Sundays, never read the bible,
and I had no idea how to pray the rosary. Since we didn’t have a strong
religious foundation in our family, my mother practiced new-age beliefs
and my parent’s marriage (and our family) fell apart. My parents
divorced and my younger brother and I decided to live with our father.
The divorce deeply wounded us all.

As a young girl, I was popular in school. I had good grades, won
school recognition awards, and felt confident. I was definitely the
apple of my father’s eyes. I noticed when I was 12 (when my parents
began to have problems) that I started to pull out my hair when I was
anxious or worried. it would actually make me feel better.

My father and I developed a close relationship when he was going
through his divorce. We would go to the movies, shop and dine out often.
In a way, this filled in the void for my mom. My father meant
everything to me.

At 19 I had my first serious boyfriend. He was 5 years older than me
and I cared for him very much. We became sexually active, which I was
not prepared for. Looking back I think that the security, love and unity
that was lost in my family, I tried to find in my relationship with my
boyfriend. A couple of months into our sexually active relationship
“bingo” I was pregnant. All my dreams and goals just went down the
drain.

The one thing that struck my heart the most was the thought of
disappointing my father. How could I do this when he is still grieving
over his divorce? How am I going to leave him alone and also abandon
him? The gossip in our family will humiliate him after he speaks so
fondly of me to everyone.

the rest is here: http://cal-catholic.com/wordpress/2012/10/18/patricias-story/#comment-16909