Sometimes it is tough to watch.

Today's daytime talk show episode appeared on WPIX at 9am. It had the usual cast of characters and the emotions that are so raw but there were two segments that particularly touched a nerve.

The first segment was about a twenty two year old woman named Crystal. At the age of thirteen her mother revealed that one of two men could be her father. From that time, she searched and finally she was successful in locating one of the men, Dan. She had been unsuccessful in locating the other man who she called John. Dan seemed like a nice compassionate man. He understood how deeply the woman's desire to have a father was and he was hoping that he could help her end her search. He was aware of Crystal but her mother had told him he was not the father and he believed her. He now had his own family and was hoping to be able to extend them to her. To every one's disappointment he was not her father. I don't think anyone with warm blood running through their veins could not feel sad for her. It was very draining but I hope that somehow she will find the other man and once and for all know her father.

The second segment was about Tasha and Stephen. This was also exceptionally sad because he found out that he has a terminal illness and only has one year to live then shortly after hearing this devastating his fiance, Tasha, revealed that she had an affair and that their little girl might not be his. I can only imagine how he must have felt. The host asked why it was so important for Stephen to know for sure and he wanted to be sure that if it was his daughter that "she would be taken care of". He also was worried because he believed his disease was hereditary and he wanted to make sure every precaution would be taken so his daughter would not end up like him. Once again, you could not help yourself from rooting for this poor man. It was his desire to be this child's father and to spend his remaining time with his family. I felt like jumping up and high fiving someone when they read the results and he was the father but I was alone. Instead I had a warm satisfied feeling inside because I felt like amidst all the turmoil that is taking place around us that the universe got it right and that a good person got something he deserved.

I feel saddened that a subject as serious as paternity is fodder for entertainment.

I hope some day we have a solution to this problem so that people like these don't have to go through this pain.

Talk to you again soon!