10/22/2025
This Right Here! Just remember we are proud of every single one of you!!! You got this 😀
Becoming a mom at 13 is something I wouldn’t wish on any kid.
I never want my success to be seen as encouraging teen pregnancy. You may see where I am today, but you didn’t see the war I went through to get here. A war mostly with myself.
Years of confusion. Years of self-hatred. Years of feeling misunderstood. Years of wondering if I was even good enough to call myself his mom because of what people said about me. Years of self-sabotage and doubt.
It wasn’t easy. There were times my own parents worried they’d get a call one day saying they found me in a ditch. But I didn’t give up. I kept going. I kept pushing because I knew one day, I’d make it out — that I’d become someone my son could be proud to call “mom.”
Don’t get me wrong, he still thinks I’m embarrassing and not cool 😂 but I did the damn thing. I built a life for us. A home. A car. Food. Clothes. School. Sports. Trips. Memories. Stability.
If you’re going through teen pregnancy or already living it never give up on yourself or your child. No matter how hard it gets, keep fighting. It will pay off in the end.
If you can prevent teen pregnancy, do it. Use protection. Stay a kid as long as you can. Because once you become a parent, your life changes forever.
Even now, at 25, I still feel the weight of losing a chunk of my teenage years. I missed out on a lot of my own childhood. Birth control, condoms, and resources are out there and they matter.
This isn’t shame. It’s truth. It’s love. It’s a reminder that your story doesn’t end here but also, it doesn’t have to start this way either. 🤍
