“I’m sorry Shaque…but your pregnant.”
Those were the words that changed my life. It was May 28th, approximately 10:30ish in the morning. I sat in a pale blue chair, my glassy eyes focused on a poster hanging on the stale crème wall. My hands shake nervously between my legs, and my breath, which seems to be clogged in my throat, is distant. I just got my hair done, and today as I digest my fate I want to rip it all out. Of course, the Doctor is still talking, but I’m in a different galaxy. She says something about abortion, well in professional terms “termination of the unborn fetus”. So many thoughts ran through my mind. I just knew my mom would kill me, and what about my aunts? I knew I set my own trap. I was 15 and pregnant in the 10th grade. They assumed no future for me. “A drop out”, was what they whispered behind my back. But little did they know, this child growing inside of me would do nothing but push me forward. I am too intelligent to let a baby hold me back when I have dreams! I have so many, and in order for me to accomplish my goals and live those dreams of mine, I have no other choice but to move forward. Even if my child is 2 years old when I graduate! I can hold AiZaea proudly on my hip, and smile into the camera, and finally say, “I made it”.
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