I know all to well what she is feeling,I was pregnant at 16 had my daughter on my 17th birthday.She is the best thing that ever happend to me.
It is a long tough road,I worked nights did school work then had a baby to get up with at night to school the next day then to work etc..
My boyfriend did not work at all his folks made him do nothing I even paid my own DR and hospital bill for her.My boyfriend and I broke up when she was a year old and I still had a year left of high school.Thank god for my mother!
I paid for everything and had to work all the time ,My mom babysat for me but I had to pay day care to go to school,for my mom worked during the day but took care of Tera at night when I had to go to work.
You have to grow up fast when you have a baby that young,your teenage years are over for none of your friends have that responsibility,they still go out play sports and act like teenagers etc.When they were all at the movies I was home changing diapers and taking care of a crying baby.
I would never change things for having Tera at that age made me the mom I am today with my 4 boys.I am very close with my kids and my daughter who I have a very special close bond with is now 26 with 2 kids of her own .
Her dad is still not really in her life and that is the saddest part of all for he missed alot and you can never go back and she has some bad feelings about that.
You sister needs all the support and guidence she can get from family and
her friends.
I hope she can find strength to deal with what lies ahead of her and she has a loving family and great friends to help her through the hard times.
Tammy |