Broken.
Bruised.
Abandoned.
Wealthy.
Poor.
Too young.
Too old.
Just the right age…
Valedictorian.
Failing school.
Married.
Single.
Divorced.
Separated.
Student.
Professional.
Welfare recipient.
Black.
White.
Asian.
Other.
Christian.
Muslim.
Wiccan.
Clueless about her body…
Tuned in to the beauty of her body…
These are the women served every day at Crisis Pregnancy Centers across the world.
Are you surprised?
I was. The first time I sat with a twelve-year-old girl who informed me that the first day of her last period was her first period ever.
Or the time the girl standing in front of me with the black eye told me it was a “gift” from her boyfriend to remind her to “take care” of the problem.
Or the time I realized that the client sitting across from me had already been pregnant five times…and was no older than me…not married, no support, no insurance…stealing to get clothing for her kids and herself.
Every day is a new day and every client we see is different from the one before.
But they all have one thing in common:
They need a safe, confidential, non-judgemental place to turn for support during an unplanned pregnancy.
And that’s the work of Crisis Pregnancy Centers.
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