This was the last thing that anyone had expected from me. I was a model child. I always listened to what ever my family had said. Well at least until now. My family had plans for my future and for me. But now those had changed. My mother and my Aunt Cindy had decided that the best thing for me was to have an abortion. They did not consider my feelings in the mat

Jessica is now fifteen. She is at the same place in her life that I was when I became pregnant with her. I talk to her daily and let her know how important she is to me. I would not change my decision about having her and raising her, if given the choice. If I had to go back and make that decision again, I would not change my mind. But given the chance, I would not be put in that situation again. I would have waited to have sex or at least used some form of protection. I do not regret having her. I do regret having sex at such any early age and becoming pregnant. If I would have waited, I would have been able to give my daughter a better life that she has had. I hope that she never has to go through what I did. But if she does, I hope she makes the decision that is right for her, because I made the decision that was right for me.

Having a child did not only give me determination, independent thought and courage, it also gave me the sense of self worth. I now had a child that was completely dependent on me. I had to provide her with food, clothes, and shelter, which are the necessities of life. I also had to provide her with love. I gave this to her and it was given back whole-heartedly. There is nothing selfish about a child's love. They do not expect anything in return for it. This child taught me how not to be selfish and how to give my love whole-heartedly.

ter. Well I made a decision, I wanted to keep the baby and raise her. Larry had backed me up and we confronted my family. I refused to have the abortion. I told them that if they tried to make me have an aborti

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