Youth Blinds You To The Consequences Of Your Decisions

Back then, way back then, I got tied up with an older man and I got pregnant on purpose. He didn't demand I end the pregnancy and it was obvious to everyone but me that I wasn't in a position to care for a baby. I had to give my baby to him and his wife to raise. Tears like you cannot imagine. I had full access to my baby, later as she grew up, and now as a grown (gulp) young woman.

If there is one piece of advise I can offer her, everything in its time. 17 is not the time. Maybe 27.