Comments on: “a person’s a person… http://fluffyland.com/blog/index.php/2008/a-persons-a-person/ photos of my adventures in sewing, crafts, and narwhal creation Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:24:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: hummingbird http://fluffyland.com/blog/index.php/2008/a-persons-a-person/comment-page-1/#comment-41009 hummingbird Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:47:34 +0000 http://fluffyland.com/blog/index.php/2008/a-persons-a-person/#comment-41009 Hi. I am a reader who found your site through Craftster. Every so often I check back in and really like what I see. I just wanted to comment back on your thoughts of abortion. When I was about your age (19 actually), I had an abortion. It was the hardest decision of my life because I wasn't ready to have a baby and I didn't want to go through the process of adoption. Why? I wasn't mature or responsible enough to deal with that kind of change. The Father was 12 years older than I was and an alcoholic. Two years later he killed himself with a self-inflicted gun shot wound. He had many demons... Is abortion wrong or right? In my case it didn't matter. What mattered was that I was 19, working in a coffee shop making minimum wage, and dating a man who was not going to be there. The choice was whether or not I could live with myself for either giving a baby away or bringing it into the world when I was not going to be a very good and financially stable Mother. I really do understand where you are coming from-I just wanted to share with you the other side of the coin. I guess if you've never personally been "there" (I mean unexpectedly pregnant), you can never understand what it's like to make either choice: good or bad. I'm glad that I had options. Thanks for letting me share. Hi.
I am a reader who found your site through Craftster. Every so often I check back in and really like what I see. I just wanted to comment back on your thoughts of abortion. When I was about your age (19 actually), I had an abortion. It was the hardest decision of my life because I wasn’t ready to have a baby and I didn’t want to go through the process of adoption. Why? I wasn’t mature or responsible enough to deal with that kind of change. The Father was 12 years older than I was and an alcoholic. Two years later he killed himself with a self-inflicted gun shot wound. He had many demons…
Is abortion wrong or right? In my case it didn’t matter. What mattered was that I was 19, working in a coffee shop making minimum wage, and dating a man who was not going to be there. The choice was whether or not I could live with myself for either giving a baby away or bringing it into the world when I was not going to be a very good and financially stable Mother.
I really do understand where you are coming from-I just wanted to share with you the other side of the coin.
I guess if you’ve never personally been “there” (I mean unexpectedly pregnant), you can never understand what it’s like to make either choice: good or bad. I’m glad that I had options.

Thanks for letting me share.

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