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From My Heart is a platform created for you to share your issues and get practical assistance. Together we can create brighter lives and happier people, transforming mindsets one day at a time. Send your heart to heart message to Tete Barbara and read her responses.
Dear Tete
I am a 33-year-old man with an unfavourable history in life. My story is not one that I am proud of, but still I must share it.
When I was in my twenties I did something very bad that continuously torments me up until this day. I caused the break-up of my family when I committed a vicious crime against my step-sister at that time. She was just 18 when I forced myself on her resulting in her falling pregnant.
I tormented her for a long time, threatening to have her and her mother packing if she told anyone what I had done and she held her silence. When her pregnancy began showing she was kicked out of the house and things were never the same again. My parents began fighting constantly eventually leading to a divorce.
Once, I met my step-sister with her baby, but I could not find it in me to speak to her. I do not know the sex of the child, but I would like a relationship with my child and also to make peace with her. My father has since passed on and so has her mother.
Tete Barbara Responds:
You hurt one person, rejected another and caused the family break up in the past and now the guiltiness of doing so is haunting you today. It is sad indeed that crimes are committed against innocent people in the world, leaving them scarred for life as some offenders continue to go about their lives.
You on the other hand seems to be remorseful for your crime and you acknowledge that what you did was wrong. You need to release yourself from carrying this humongous burden before it ruins your future.
Get in touch with the mother of child and find peace. I cannot guarantee that she will receive you with hugs and smiles, but if you show true and genuine remorse and intentions, she may accept your apology and grant you a relationship with your son. It is unfortunate that both parents are no longer alive to witness this development. May you all find peace and healing.
Be Set Free!
