Interview of Will Ludy* (names have been changed), written by L. Wang I was desperate, dissatisfied and in great despair that Saturday night I ran with Debra to the church for help. For 12 years, my wife and I had been hiding our broken and dishonest marriage beneath the veneer of the happy and “normal” couple. We had to break the cycle of...

I knew I had hit rock bottom that night when I tried to take my own life. I don’t know why it didn’t work. I just remember waking up semi-conscious with nobody to turn to. Succumbing to peer pressure I grew up in a good home in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and was raised to be have good moral character. But at the age of 16, peer pressure got...

I had lost 50 pounds and weighed a mere 93 pounds at age 38. Lying on the hospital bed, I knew I was sick, very sick—to the point where doctors were telling my family to prepare for the worst. I had dermatomyositis, a connective-tissue disease that is characterized by inflammation of the muscles and skin. Symptoms include severe skin rash and...

Story told by Jack Neufeld, written by Laurie Wang God, where the heck are you?! I was experiencing one of the darkest moments of despair in my life when my son came home telling me he lost his glasses. I was ashamed because I knew as a jobless father of six children, I could not afford to replace my son’s glasses. “God, how could you let...

When the truth was revealed about my husband Will’s secret life*, I was devastated beyond comprehension. The enormity of the betrayal and deceit was unforgivable—12 years of lies! The phone call from the other woman’s husband left me in shock, unable to view anything rationally or move forward in any capacity of life. I could barely function:...

While on a skiing trip, I received a phone call from my stepfather. There was a family tragedy and I had to go home as soon as possible—my grandparents had been murdered. Someone went into my grandparents’ home and killed them with a metal pipe. They stole my grandfather’s guns and truck and left a piece of paper with the names of my brother...

When it comes to the most common causes of death for people under 40, most people would think of cancer, heart attacks or strokes. But that is a misconception. I’d like to introduce you to what we family physicians call “the beer commercial syndrome.” Society drifts into it without knowing, and it’s definitely best to get over this phase...