Dear Dr. Laura,
I'm a 46-year-old woman who listens to your program regularly on SiriusXM while in the car to or from work. My adult life has been one of many mistakes, struggles and setbacks, but with each one I find I am able to learn and grow from the experiences.
Dr. Laura, on more than one occasion, I have heard the answers to my dilemmas though your radio show. On one particular morning, I prayed for some much needed guidance regarding spending the holidays with family. As I drove to work, you took a call from a young 18-year-old girl you had helped previously with her difficult relationship with her estranged father. She wanted some advice as to how to handle her father's insistence on attending her high school graduation and the rest of the family's pressure to invite him because "he's your father, he's family".
My prayer for that day was specific: "Dear Lord, Please give me some guidance. How do I handle all of the well-intentioned pressure from friends at work telling me to 'be patient with my brother and father because they're family....'?" As I listened to your conversation with the young girl, I heard the answer to my prayer in the form of your words chiming through my radio speakers. "You just tell those well-meaning people who want you to give him a chance because he is your father...'Well he sure is not acting like my father...'" I could hear tears from the girl and her many words of thanks for your words of wisdom. You told her you would always be there for her, as a source of strength for those difficult situations in life where she needed to be assertive. As she cried, so did I.
Dr. Laura, your voice and reassurance to that girl for me were words straight from heaven. You were my angel that day; God's medium to answer my need for guidance.
Virtual hugs to you,
Christina
