True client stories- A Hope Center

True client stories
(Names changed and identifying details left out to protect client confidentiality)
Jolene
I listened carefully to my client’s story and felt compassion for her as she expressed grief in being pregnant and needing an abortion. Abortion education and fetal development was clearly presented to her, but the reality of being pregnant wasn’t quite there—not yet. She agreed to an ultrasound to check for viability. The young woman was gently reassured and she tentatively positioned herself on the ultrasound table. Soon the nurse’s expert hand brought forth an image so clear, so resoundingly obvious, our eyes glistened as we all watched. "Oh, there's a hand... look, you can see all his fingers... and the thumb, see ... it's behind there.” The nurse continued to point out all the baby's perfectly formed parts and then we saw something truly amazing. The baby's hand became clear again and his thumb proceeded to land squarely in his little mouth. "He's sucking his thumb!" the nurse said, "Can you believe it? Aww. He's really sucking his thumb! Did you suck your thumb as a child?" Wiping tears with a grin and a chuckle, my client replied, "Yes, I did ... for a long time."
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Mary
A new client walked in with a deep expression of hopelessness. As we sat down to talk, you could see the burden lift from her as she explained that no one loved her. In tears, she told me she was worried about her pregnancy because of health issues, and that, “No one seems to care.” She was dancing in night clubs for a living and her pregnancy ended the job. I shared in her pain as she explained that her family had abandoned her. I encouraged her to dream of a better life and she told of a brief but satisfying experience she had helping the mentally handicapped. I told her that she must be a very special, caring person and since she expressed her belief in God, I reminded her that God knew how special she really was. He could even turn all her ashes into something beautiful for Him. Almost two years have passed and my client brings her healthy, beautiful child to the center. She is out of the dancing trade and comes to learn about being a good parent. She is grateful that somebody cares—that God cares—and she never leaves a session without asking for a hug.
Clients experience love at A Hope Center. Will you help?

Jessica
Helping the youngest of our clients is some of the most challenging work at A Hope Center. Some are rebellious, some are angry, most are wounded and sad. Being far removed from the teenage mind-set, I often question how I can even help some of these girls, but those doubts are always replaced by boldness for simply telling the truth in love. The young teen I am working with now decided along with her family not to place for adoption. She initially presented with an attitude that said, “I’ll be here, but I don’t have to talk to you.” Sensitive topics are opportunities to plant seeds, but her unspoken boundries are always kept intact. My client’s respect is earned and she knows someone cares for her. She is encouraged in her strengths and is given high expectations for growth and responsibility. She mourns her forfeited childhood as she strives toward a forced adulthood of her own making, but with the help of her family, she wants to live up to challenges placed before her. Somewhere in this process, my client lost her attitude, I noticed her speaking in softer, understanding tones with her mom, she displayed a compassion and empathy I had not seen in her before—she became a loving young mom.
Clients become loving mothers at A Hope Center. Will you help?

Gail
Moral acceptance of adoption in today’s culture is lopsided. Most would agree that it’s a good thing to adopt a child, but for many, the idea of placing their own child for adoption seems morally wrong. Although we are not an adoption agency, A Hope Center works with clients to change these perceptions. Deeply imbedded beliefs, however, are difficult to budge. I have one particular client who was able to get past the biased thinking, and made a thoughtful decision to place her baby in someone else’s home. I helped her through the process and she was at peace with her choice, but then something happened—the father of the baby wouldn’t sign off his rights. With the emotional turn of events came a new need—preparing to be “Mom.” That was almost five years ago. My client and I have met regularly all this time. This young woman who first made a courageous decision to not abort her child, who then made a wise decision to place for adoption, and finally, but gracefully, took on the role of mom, has become a precious part of my life. Sadly, the baby’s father has not shown interest in his child after blocking the adoption process, but Gail eventually found new love and her little 4-yr-old son will officially have a dad when his mom marries her fiance in the spring of next year.
Clients learn about adoption at A Hope Center. Will you help?

Carey
She was a beautiful, regal-looking woman I had seen in the office only once before. I had to think a bit and then I remembered, she was a previous client who was intent on having an abortion—and she had a baby in her arms! I smiled so hard at her that it hurt. The questions came like bullets, “How are you? Tell me what happened. Look at your precious baby! Is it a boy or a girl?” I took a breath, and she smiled back at me. It was a knowing, sisterly smile that exuded love from a deep place in her heart. “Come on back,” I said, “Tell me all about it.” With tears in her eyes she said, “I just had to let you know how grateful I am. When I think of what I almost did … you gave me the right encouragement just when I needed it. All the things I was worried about … God took care of them all.” She beamed again at me in thankfulness and then gave me a precious gift. Because she was a Christian, I had asked to pray for her when she was thinking of ending her pregnancy, and now she asked to pray for me! She poured out her prayer of blessing and I simply wept with being literally washed with the goodness of God through A Hope Center.
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