“Making a baby is a life changing event with many complications and responsibilities.”
Absolutely! One of the most profound moments of my life was my first time with my husband and realizing as things were happening that my life was never going to be the same. It was a choice that was not going to be undone and the knowledge that a baby was a possibility (my first pregnancy was twins!) scared the heck out of me! I went into the whole thing with pathetically naive ideas and fantasies and discovered a very sobering reality.
I’m just blessed that the man I chose was more mature than I was and even though I think I made some bad decisions at the time he was the right person to be with because he was there for me when my bad and impulsive and desperate decisions became two blessedly beautiful little girls!
I was utterly clueless, in spite of college degrees and stuff, when I had my first baby at 24. Fortunately it was only one! “Well, it’s not a cat,” I thought, so I treated her like a tiny, toothless adult, with mixed results.
Years later, the others would say, “Why does Anoreth get to ... !?!” and I would say, “Because she got all the mistakes. Deal with it!” “Why didn’t I get all the mistakes?” asked a sister who wanted to dye her hair magenta.
(Anoreth looked great with magenta hair. She’s extremely cool.)