I am a mother of a little boy named Jayden, imp only a senior this year, I got pregnant my junior year and I can say it was very difficult because not only did I have to get out of school to go to the doctor but I was not learning the lessons that I had to be learning the days I've missed from school. My boyfriend’s dad in the beginning of my pregnancies thought that the baby that I was having it was not his son's baby but my boyfriend knew it was. It made such a big problem for me and my family because both families wouldn’t get along. Many people would always tell my parents your daughter is not going to make it through high school like every other teen that gets pregnant; I pretty much ignored all of it because I wanted to prove them wrong.
Now that I’m a senior this year, I want to go on to college to be a nurse because I want to give my son a better life than what he has now. I don’t want later when he grows up to do the same decision I made because it is not easy to be a mom and a student at the same time. Especially when it comes to money because you don’t have the same money you use to have, now if you want to save it’s pretty hard because you either have to buy diapers, formula, wipes and other things the baby needs. But what I do want to show my son is that I did finish high school and college, hopefully I get a degree in college to show him that if I went to college when I had him as a baby that he could do it. They’re should not be any excuses because if you set your mind to it everything is possible.
I also want to give my son everything I never had and my parents couldn’t afford for us. Back then I was always motivated to go to college and now that I have my son I look at him and it makes me Say to myself “Back then I did everything for me and now I have this little boy, It’s not just about me is about my son” and now that I have him I have even more motivation to go to college. I always told my family that it doesn’t bother me what people think if I have a baby, all it matters is that I have time for my son and I’m still attending school and I will soon keep attending college. There are many people in the world that are just going to make you feel like you aren’t able to do anything but if you set your mind and heart anyone can be successful.