In a very small religious town, there was a 16-year-old girl named Ana. She had such a huge heart and deeply believed in love at first sight. Ana met an abusive guy from whom she constantly sought validation. She soon found out she was pregnant, and he did everything in his power to leave her, but she could not let go. She did not want to be like her parents, who were separated. She never had a dad in her life. She thought a baby would change a person into becoming a better person. When her mother found out she was pregnant, she kicked her out. She reached out to friends to see if they had an extra room for rent, and one friend offered her a place to stay. She had no phone to communicate with anyone and no car to get around to and from work or school. Her boyfriend would promise to meet her at certain times to pick her up and take her to school and work, but he would never show. The room she was staying in had no bed or TV, just cold walls. This was the loneliest time in her life. She would cry herself to sleep all the time. She started to miss school a lot and fell behind in units. Eventually, her boyfriend had no choice but to ask her to move in with him and his mom. There, things only got worse. He would drink and get abusive. His mother would hear the arguments but never stepped in or cared to ask if she was okay. Ana felt that her boyfriend was cheating on her, and one night when he was passed out drunk, she went through his phone to find many messages where he would be cheating on her. He would constantly pick up other girls in his car when Ana would wait for him like he promised. She got very depressed and decided that she needed to get out of that relationship because she could catch an STD or even worse, probably get beaten up so bad that it would hurt the baby. Ana went on social media very late at night and reached out to this girl for help. She asked her if she could pick her up, and she did. Ana went back to her mom’s house and begged her to take her back. Her mother agreed under one condition, to have an abortion. She could not support her if she kept the baby, especially under the circumstances that her boyfriend was abusive. Ana agreed to the abortion. The procedure was beyond painful both physically and mentally. She had resentment towards her mother for feeling like she had no other choice. Ana was able to finish school and go to college. She became a physician assistant and bought herself a house on her own. Even though she wouldn’t have been able to with a baby years ago, she could never forgive herself. She thought she was going to hell for this sinful act. Shortly after, Ana, now at 30 years old, met the true love of her life. This man treated her like a queen and always showed respect. He cured her trauma. She ended up getting pregnant but had a miscarriage. She thought this was karma for the abortion in her younger years. They tried to have another baby, and again she lost the baby. A miscarriage was as painful as the abortion she had, and she did not want to go through it again. A year later, it just happened, she got pregnant again and throughout the pregnancy, she was never at ease thinking she would lose this baby too. Finally, at the end of the 40 weeks, she delivered her healthy baby. They call a baby after a miscarriage a rainbow baby. She had her career, her home, the perfect husband, and the most beautiful baby. She had it all and lived her life the way she deserved and she thanked her mother for it. Her life couldn’t have turned out this perfect if she became a teenage mother.
