The first time I thought of having sex with my father I was scared and I felt sick. Years later I would find that everything in life depends on our own circumstances. Dad had lost his wife a few years ago and had become a lonely man. He lost all hope in humanity and in himself and severely depressed for a long time. I …

A neighboring woman with two daughters (18 & 20) had been fighting with them and had driven them out of the house. Heather, eighteen, had done some babysitters for us many times, and is practically considered one of the family. When we found that she had nowhere to go, we invited her to stay with us until she can …

Beverly was from Iowa. Eighteen and new in the city. She had not made many friends, she said, because she was not used to going out at night. I met her on the bus while we traveled to and from work. We got up and down at the same stop. Although he was a little younger than me (I am 42) we seemed to hit him. She was a …