Case Studies
“This means war!”
I am one of 14 children, and in the families of my brothers and sisters there was always tragedy, misfortune and sadness.
“Are you going to kill me in front of the kids?”
Fast-forward to the present and we meet Verena Matthews, a mother of five: three girls and two boys. Her children are strong, determined and confident and bear no scars of the tragedy that was destined to destroy them.
Why I believe it only takes one
When my dad contacted me on the night before he committed suicide, telling me that he would always love me, it stuck in my mind for years to come.
“If I’d gotten rid of you, things would’ve been so much better!”
My grandparents accused my mother and stepfather of stealing the house we lived in from them! It wasn’t true, but we soon learnt that even untruths spread like wildfire. We were the talk of the island and wherever we went we got dirty looks and horrible comments.
“Cuts in the skin seemed the best way to release all the pain and hurt”
I was only a toddler when it happened; an innocent child who couldn’t fully grasp what it meant when told that her father was never coming back. He hadn’t been taken by life; he’d taken his …
Life more Abundant!
Sometime ago, my brothers and I decided to build a three storey commercial building, so we agreed with one another to take out a loan to carry out our plan.
I just wanted people to see the real me…
Terror, sadness, and fear were all I felt as a child growing up. I would get bullied day after day at school.
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