Friday, October 08, 2004

Expecting

I had every intention of sitting here this morning writing about my workshop, which was wonderful. I really enjoyed it, but something else is plaguing my brain. I walked in the door this morning, read the note from my sub (which was not good), went to duty, and got some very disturbing news...One of my babies is 7 weeks 3days pregant!!!!!!! ohmigod. She was just crying and crying. She is 14. Her mom is on drugs really bad and her granny is raising her. Her brother just went to jail for murder and her father is in another city raising nine other children. MAN. I didn't know what to do. I asked her what she wanted to do. She said she thought about an abortion, but her gran told her they didn't do abortion and she should have thought about it before hand. She is 14. I told her she could have it and give it up for adoption. She said she wasn't giving her baby up. I wasn't trying to encourage her to, I just wanted to see where her head is. The baby's father is a high school dropout. He is 16 and works some little odds and end job. She said she wanted to have an abortion so that she didn't have to go through all the pains of labor. I then told her of the pains of abortion. I told her the labor pains won't be nearly as bad as the pain and embarrassment she is feeling right now. I told her the physical pain goes away. She's a little upset with her gran bc her gran is mad at her. I told her she cannot get mad because she is the one who made the mistake. I also told her that her gran is probably not mad, just hurt. I told her to expect her to carry on like that for the next 7 months. I told her to stay strong and just keep her head up. I told her this is going to be rough on her and at times she is going to want to give up. I told her that she can talk to me about anything. I told her that the most important thing for her to do is stay in school. That is the best thing she can do for herself and the child that is growing inside of her.

Posted by Nik :: 10/08/2004 :: 1 Comments:

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