Candy Thompson’s Journey Through the 1960s Cultural Revolution

Candy Thompson experienced her formative years amidst the cultural upheaval of the 1960s, during which women were encouraged to reject traditional roles and seek liberation from domestic life.

She embraced this idea.

However, the promise of freedom led her to a tumultuous life filled with abuse, repeated abortions, spiritual disarray, and deep-seated sorrow.

“My first abortion happened after we had our son,” she shares, revealing that her then-husband was not just non-religious but also abusive.

“We were content with our son, and I thought having a second child would be great, especially if it was a girl,” she explains. But upon informing her husband of her pregnancy, a fight erupted.

“The argument escalated, and he lost control—he kicked me, right in the stomach,” she recalls.

Though that instance didn’t directly cause her to lose the baby, she felt “coerced” into the abortion, believing she was trapped with no options.

She describes the intense “dead feeling” post-abortion, accompanied by overwhelming regret. “Many women feel this regret immediately after, despite the situation seeming like the best choice at the time,” she reflects. “And often, they suffer for years.”

After getting pregnant again, she underwent another abortion. This prompted her to “look elsewhere for answers.”

“Instead of turning to the Bible, I sought solace in the feminine mystique,” she admits. “It validated my feelings of being trapped, like a slave to the home.”

“I even delved into occult practices, reading various books, trying to find spiritual justification for everything that happened. I clung to the belief of reincarnation to comfort myself, telling myself that my children weren’t truly gone,” she adds.

“Deep down, we know in our hearts that they were real. They were our children,” she emphasizes.

When she became pregnant for the third time, she made the decision to keep the baby. “I was determined to break free from that cycle. I wouldn’t be that person anymore,” she states.

“We had a beautiful baby girl, just as I always hoped,” she states nostalgically.

Yet, after the birth of her second child, she ended up in a psychiatric ward and had yet another abortion before finally separating from her husband.

It was at this point that she started attending church and eventually met her second husband.

“I felt it was divine intervention bringing us together,” she reflects. Despite his discomfort regarding her past abortions, she found peace in sharing her history with him and really building her faith in Christ.

“I longed to reconnect with God, and that marked the beginning of a transformative journey, a path toward light,” she says, looking back on her journey.