Hi there, I'm Angela. I'm a single mother of 2 fabulous teenagers and an adorable little pup. I'm a marketing professional for a local financial planning firm. I'm a sister, friend, confidant for a handful of phenomenal women (and a couple of guys). And I'm about to be a 36 year old granny. (gasp!)
It's not entirely unheard of, I know. I was a young mom, 18 when I got pregnant, so it should have been no big shocker when she found herself in the same position at 17. Only it was! This was NOT supposed to happen! These are NOT the plans I have for her life! These are not the plans that SHE had for her life!I had a little breakdown. Ok...it was a big breakdown. I didn't get out of bed for a couple of days. I cried a lot. I looked at her differently. After all, she was my sweet little baby girl! How could this have happened? I didn't even know she was dating anyone! But she was. She always bounced in with a sweet little 'Hi Mommy!' and kissed me on the cheek and gave me a big hug after spending the night with her 'girlfriends'...time after time. And they lied to me as they would come in to say hello as they picked her up or dropped her off. Traitorous, isn't it?!
It took a little bit of time for me to get over the initial shock, but I did. After all, as one of my friends put it, "It's just a baby, Angela! She's not on drugs, she didn't murder someone or rob a bank. It's JUST a baby, people have babies." She's right, you know. I did. She did. Women do....all the time! We figure it out, we adapt, plans change, and pretty soon we can't imagine what we would ever do without them.
So here we are, expecting a baby, graduating high school, and turning 18 all in the same year. Say what you want about the women in my family, we are nothing if not ambitious! :)
