By Chelsea Drown My Mom Was Just 13 When I Was Born. Now That I’m a Mother, I See Her Differently.
There are only 13 years and 11 months between us. I can’t imagine how hard that must have been—how lonely…
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I Was Pregnant at 17 and Thought My Life Was Over—But God Sent Me an Angel
“You’re pregnant,” the doctor said. I cried. And I cried. I was 17 years old, and three months in. Not…
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By Her View From Home To the Baby I Didn’t Keep
Trigger warning: This post discusses abortion To my darling little one, I was 15 years old at the time. I…
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By Nathan Jones The Unexpected Gift of Being a Teen Dad
I’m not sure where to start, but here it goes. Around this time last year, my senior year of high…
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By Whitney Ballard I Kept My Baby Even Though I Was 16
I kept my baby. Even though I was 16. Even though I didn’t know how I would. I kept my…
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My Kids Were All Unplanned
I had my first son at 17. You can probably assume this pregnancy wasn’t the result of ovulation-tracking and intense…
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By Stephanie Regalado Choosing Unexpected Life
The text came in from my almost 16-year-old daughter late that night. Can we talk? My children and I were…
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By Adrian Collins I Went In For an Abortion—and Left With a Changed Life
After all these years, my dad still calls me his Butterfly. I was given the name as a young child…
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