10-23-23 The choice to keep the baby
What are you most proud of in your life?
My Dad, who’s 84th birthday it would have been today, had he not been killed when his floatplane crashed at the age of 64, didn’t want me to keep it. He understood that abortion was not my personal choice, but he was worried, as a Dad, that I would be reminded every day. He wanted to help me find a family for adoption… he was wrong and he recognized that, long before he died. He loved my Jake and would have been just as proud as I am of the man he has become.
I was a 30 year old divorced woman who decided to treat herself to a big trip with a co-worker. 21 days in Florida and the Bahamas. I won’t go into the details tonight, but on day 5 in Freeport, I was raped. I had been celibate and off birth control for a couple years and just knew I would be pregnant. When I saw the Dr in Florida a couple days later he offered me a pill to take care of it, just in case, but I knew that if I was, it was meant to be. The literature said there was a 2% chance of a pregnancy in that situation… I knew before I even came home that I was carrying.
I found the hardest part initially was making everyone else okay with my decision.
It is single-handedly the best decision I have ever made and I am proud of overcoming all the things; depression, poverty, loneliness to have raised a good man. He is far from perfect, just as I am, but he is successful and loving and true to what he believes in.
I am proud of him, grateful for him choosing me to be his Mom, and I am proud of me for stepping up to the challenge.
triumphgal 