Being a teen mom was the best thing that happened to me

[leadfoot40]

That's awesome.

[Anonymous 4]

I wouldn't say it was the best thing that has ever happened to me but I wouldn't change it. I had my oldest at 17 and my youngest at 21. . I may have been a young mom but it worked out. My oldest is now 21 and about to have her first child.

[Anonymous 3]

I wouldn't say it was the best thing that has ever happened to me but I wouldn't change it. I had my oldest at 17 and my youngest at 21. . I may have been a young mom but it worked out. My oldest is now 21 and about to have her first child.

So then you will be a Grandma of 2 right?

[Anonymous 4]

I wouldn't say it was the best thing that has ever happened to me but I wouldn't change it. I had my oldest at 17 and my youngest at 21. . I may have been a young mom but it worked out. My oldest is now 21 and about to have her first child.

So then you will be a Grandma of 2 right?

No she will be my first grandchild.

[Anonymous 3]

I wouldn't say it was the best thing that has ever happened to me but I wouldn't change it. I had my oldest at 17 and my youngest at 21. . I may have been a young mom but it worked out. My oldest is now 21 and about to have her first child.

So then you will be a Grandma of 2 right?

No she will be my first grandchild.

Ok *wink wink*

[MistressMonster]

Here's a cookie.

Those look alot like the cookies I used for my sweet potato cheesecake awhile back.

[MistressMonster]

I know most people shame teen moms, but I just wanted to point out that circumstances are sometimes different. In my situation, it made my life so much better. I had a terrible home life. I never met my dad, and my mom was a drug addict who was always sleeping at boyfriends' homes and leaving me to fend for myself. I was severely depressed and had no treatment, and I felt most days like I didn't want to continue. Then I got pregnant, and I thought how much worse can my life keep getting, but having my daughter changed my life completely.

She gave me a reason to live and a reason to be responsible. I wanted to be the best mom I could for her, so I got my high school diploma and then went to college to get an Associate's degree. We are doing very well now, and I just think sometimes what might've happened if I didn't have her. It just got me thinking when I read the post about whether you'd want to go back in time and still have kids. It scares me to think where I'd be without her.

You are very lucky. Glad it worked out for you.

[Anonymous 5]

I planned two kids when I was a teen and it was the best thing for me too.

[SisterSomeone]

I'm glad that worked out for you.

Being a teen mom made my life a F***ing ton more difficult than it strictly had to be. Everything I've achieved in my education and my career, and general personal betterment, was in spite of it and not by any means because of it. I always had a plan for what I wanted to do with my life. The fact that I refused to give up on myself and my future despite having an unplanned child to raise speaks more to my own stubbornness than it does to anything else.

That said, I did as good as I could with what I had and, if I do say so myself, I think life's turned out more than decently for the both of us.

[Anonymous 2]

I know most people shame teen moms, but I just wanted to point out that circumstances are sometimes different. In my situation, it made my life so much better. I had a terrible home life. I never met my dad, and my mom was a drug addict who was always sleeping at boyfriends' homes and leaving me to fend for myself. I was severely depressed and had no treatment, and I felt most days like I didn't want to continue. Then I got pregnant, and I thought how much worse can my life keep getting, but having my daughter changed my life completely.

She gave me a reason to live and a reason to be responsible. I wanted to be the best mom I could for her, so I got my high school diploma and then went to college to get an Associate's degree. We are doing very well now, and I just think sometimes what might've happened if I didn't have her. It just got me thinking when I read the post about whether you'd want to go back in time and still have kids. It scares me to think where I'd be without her.

That's beautiful momma❤

Has a woman that spent many years of her life has a volunteer CASA, that situation is anything but beautiful 95% of the time.