By Brooke Bowen<\/em>, A Post Abortive Mother<\/p>\nOften times as I begin to grow older and reflect back on\u00a0my life<\/a>, I realize that the sins I have committed myself have cause much more damage to my soul than the sins others have committed against me. I sit daily and reflect on how a split-second decision changed my life forever. I cry and weep and wish with every fiber of my being that I could go back in time and change some of the things that I\u2019ve done in my life. I try my damnedest to go back and right all of the wrongs I\u2019ve ever committed in my life, but there\u2019s one wrong that I can never make right and that kills me inside. Read more...<\/a> (1845 words, estimated 7:23 mins reading time)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\nThis is a preview of
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