Day 8: A Precious Item.
You'd be hard-pressed to find anything more important to me than my son Trenton. He came to me at a rather chaotic time in my life. I found out I was pregnant after my first semester of college -- in order, I was forced to leave college for a bit, found out I was pregnant and was laid off from my job. Emotionally, I had been really unstable for a long time. I broke up with my ex right as I started classes, had a short-lived fling with a guy who used me, got together with TJ as I was still emotionally recovering from the mess made from the first two and had my first poly experience, which ended quite badly. I spent a long time hating myself. I didn't care about keeping up with my studies; I just wanted the freedom I had been denied growing up. I was also sick most of my first semester with misdiagnosed mono. I knew that I must be pregnant when I was two weeks late on my period.
It was scary, but I never, ever had any thoughts of not keeping my child -- even though I was 18, temporarily out of school, jobless and living with my boyfriend's parents. I won't even get into how horrible my home life was when I lived with my mom and step-dad, but it was good that I was able to get out when I did. When he was born, my life significantly changed. Despite the fact that I nearly died in child birth, I went back to school nine days after he was born. When bad things happened the year after he was born, he was the reason I didn't hurt myself. Before I had him, I was self-destructive as far as body image issues were concerned, but after I had him, I left that behind me and was determined to lose the baby weight the healthy way. I took 11 credit hours while waking up every two hours with an infant who had developed colic and eventually returned to my alma mater full-time. Since he entered my life, he really encouraged me to be a better person. I knew that my life wasn't just my own, and I got my life back on track. TJ and I finished college with good marks, and I am even a lifetime member of the English honorary. As Trenton got older, he was constantly and intentionally trying to cheer me up when I had a bad day due to life, school, work, whatever. Being his mother was really the best thing that could have happened to me.
It is hard for me to believe that my sweet, beautiful, intelligent child just started the third grade, and he'll be eight on Sunday.
Also precious is my dog Mikey, my gold and ruby ring my grandmother gave me shortly before she died and a stone TJ gave me when we first got together that used to comfort me on those hard nights away from him. The latter would be exploited in our relationship, but as the sole bearer of it now, I feel pretty good about it.
day 01 - introduce yourself
day 02 - your first love
day 03 - your parents
day 04 - your music
day 05 - your definition of love
day 06 - your hobbies
day 07 - your best friend
day 08 - a precious item
day 09 - your beliefs
day 10 - what you wore today
day 11 - your siblings
day 12 - what’s in your bag
day 13 - your mode of transportation
day 14 - where you live
day 15 - your childhood
day 16 - your first kiss
day 17 - your favorite memory
day 18 - your favorite birthday
day 19 - something you regret
day 20 - your morning routine
day 21 - your job and/or schooling
day 22 - something that upsets you
day 23 - something that makes you feel better
day 24 - something that makes you cry
day 25 - your sleeping habits
day 26 - your fears
day 27 - your favorite place
day 28 - something that you miss
day 29 - your favorite foods/drinks
day 30 - your aspirations
I'm making a separate entry for a couple of images I got back from one of my photo shoots.
It was scary, but I never, ever had any thoughts of not keeping my child -- even though I was 18, temporarily out of school, jobless and living with my boyfriend's parents. I won't even get into how horrible my home life was when I lived with my mom and step-dad, but it was good that I was able to get out when I did. When he was born, my life significantly changed. Despite the fact that I nearly died in child birth, I went back to school nine days after he was born. When bad things happened the year after he was born, he was the reason I didn't hurt myself. Before I had him, I was self-destructive as far as body image issues were concerned, but after I had him, I left that behind me and was determined to lose the baby weight the healthy way. I took 11 credit hours while waking up every two hours with an infant who had developed colic and eventually returned to my alma mater full-time. Since he entered my life, he really encouraged me to be a better person. I knew that my life wasn't just my own, and I got my life back on track. TJ and I finished college with good marks, and I am even a lifetime member of the English honorary. As Trenton got older, he was constantly and intentionally trying to cheer me up when I had a bad day due to life, school, work, whatever. Being his mother was really the best thing that could have happened to me.
It is hard for me to believe that my sweet, beautiful, intelligent child just started the third grade, and he'll be eight on Sunday.
Also precious is my dog Mikey, my gold and ruby ring my grandmother gave me shortly before she died and a stone TJ gave me when we first got together that used to comfort me on those hard nights away from him. The latter would be exploited in our relationship, but as the sole bearer of it now, I feel pretty good about it.
day 01 - introduce yourself
day 02 - your first love
day 03 - your parents
day 04 - your music
day 05 - your definition of love
day 06 - your hobbies
day 07 - your best friend
day 08 - a precious item
day 09 - your beliefs
day 10 - what you wore today
day 11 - your siblings
day 12 - what’s in your bag
day 13 - your mode of transportation
day 14 - where you live
day 15 - your childhood
day 16 - your first kiss
day 17 - your favorite memory
day 18 - your favorite birthday
day 19 - something you regret
day 20 - your morning routine
day 21 - your job and/or schooling
day 22 - something that upsets you
day 23 - something that makes you feel better
day 24 - something that makes you cry
day 25 - your sleeping habits
day 26 - your fears
day 27 - your favorite place
day 28 - something that you miss
day 29 - your favorite foods/drinks
day 30 - your aspirations
I'm making a separate entry for a couple of images I got back from one of my photo shoots.