#13 Where everybody knows your name
May 9, 2008 eternity5
The classmates blog I have chosen to read is one of Tameka’s blogs. She is talking about her defining moment when she found out she was pregnant with her first child. By her choice of words you can tell how freaked out she was by her pregnancy. As I read her story it was so shocking to me because it sounds like one of my stories. I felt a real connection with her. She sounds like such a laid back person.
During my pregnancy I was constantly sick. I know some people who don’t even have morning sickness but I was not that lucky. Like Tameka I did not know I was pregnant for a while. I thought I just had a stomach virus or something. Being young mothers is another thing all together and we have that in common. She is also realizing like me that we could have started school earlier had we not gotten pregnant. One of the little differences is that she had taken many pregnancy test and I didn’t. I’m looking back now and thinking maybe I was in denial. We both regret it that it set our goals back. Like her I’m still going after my goal even if its later, because its better late than never. Right? Both of us got freaked out when we found out about the baby but I think that normal. What is normal anyway; who defines it? My older sister had that samething happen to her with the pregnancy tests. That did not happen to me but if it did I would be so confused. I can reakky understand what she went through. We both come from a minority group and having children young happens often. Besides all that we are both working hard to rise above the stereotype.
Based on this blog I would most definetly be friends with the author. We have so much in common that it would be very difficult not to have things to talk about. I can tell she is a smart person too. She is going to school and not wasting her life. Those are the type of people i like to asscociate with. Both being young mothers we go through similar experiences. Me and Tameka have a better chance of having a long lasting friendship, than me and somebody who didn’t have a baby at a young age. I think when you tend to have friends who have not been through tough times like you have they judge you. They can not helpp it they criticize and think that your ways are wrong. Maybe they may not just come out and say it right a way, but they most certainly don’t feel a strong connection. This is the reason your loved ones don’t like it when you hang oout with the wrong crowd. They say you are wjo you hang around with. I beleive that to the bone. It’s hard to have a friend you have nothing in common with. Besides in her writting she sounds like a person with a sense of humor and who doesn’t like a friend to joke with!
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