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Janeys_mommy2003
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I HAVE NOT TOLD MY STORY YET SO I THOUGHT I WOULD.
WELL IAM 18 I HAVE A ONE YEAR OLD BABY GIRL NAMED SAMANTHA ROSE I HAD HER WHEN I WAS 17 YEARS OLD. HER DAD LEFT 2 WEEKS BEFOR SHE WAS BORN ME AND HIM WERE TOGETHER FOR 2 ALMOST 3 YEARS WE PLANED ON HAVING A BABY AND HE WAS VERY HAPPY THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE STARTING A FAMILY I THINK THAT WAS BEFOR WE BOTH STARTED THINKING ABOUT HOW HARD IT WAS REALLY GOING TO BE WELL WHEN I WAS ABOUT 2 MONTHS PRGO WITH HER I RAN AWAY WITH BECAUSE MY MOM AND DAD AND FAMILY WERE GETTING TO ME. AT THAT TIME I WAS NOT GOING TO MY CHECK UPS OR TAKING MY VITAMINS WELL WHEN I CAME BACK WICH WAS LIKE 2 WEEKS AFTER I LEFT MY DAD GAVE ME A COIHCE I COULD EITHER KEEP THE BABY AND START TAKING CARE OF MY SELF AND STOP SEEING HER DAD OR GET OBRTION BECAUSE IF I WAS NOT GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF MY SELF THEN HE DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO PAY THE MEDCIAL BILLS FOR THE BABY BEING SICK. WELL I SAID I WAS GOING TO STOP SEEING HIM AND WE KIND OF DID JUST UNTIL MY PARNETS COOLED DOWN AND I DID SATRT TAKING CARE OF MY SELF AND THE BABY. WELL HE STOPED COMMING AROUND WHEN I WAS ABOUT 4 MONTHS I GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL SAYING THAT HE WAS IN JAIL AND THAT HE WAS SO SORRY THAT HE COULD NOT BE THERE FOR ME. WHEN I WAS 7 MONTHS HE GOT OUT OF JAIL AND SATRTED ACTING LIKE HE WANTED TO BE IN HER LIFE HE STARTED GOING TO DOCTER APOINTMENTS AND CHILD BRITH CALSSES WELL THE LAST CHILDBIRTH CALSS I HAD ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFOR I HAD HER HE DID NOT SHOE UP HE NEVER CALLED OR ANY THING AND THATS WHEN EVERY THING STARTED TO SINK IN TO ME I RELIZED THAT EVERY THING EVERY ONE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT HIM WAS COMMING TURE THAT I WAS GOING TO BE DOING THIS ON MY OWN AND HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE IN HER LIFE. WELL AFTER SHE WAS BORN I CALLED TO LET HIM KNOW AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS TO YOUNG TO BE A DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WELL A YEAR HAS GONE BY AND STILL NOTHING HE HAS NEVER SEEN HER AND HE HAS NOT CALLED ME TO SEE HOW SHE WAS DOING. THIS IS NOT HOW I THOUGHT THINGS WOULD BE AT ALL. I LOVE THAT LIL GIRL MORE THEN ANY THING AND IAM KIND OF GALD THAT HER DAD IS NOT HERE BECAUSE HE WOULD JUST BE COMING AND GOING LIKE I LET HIM TO DO TO ME. I KNOW THAT EVERY LIL KID SHOULD HAVE A DAD BUT I WOULD WARTHER HIM BE GONE AND STAY GONE THEN FOR HIM TO COME AND GO OUT OF HER LIFE AND HURT HER.
IT TOOK ME SOME TIME TO SAY THAT BECASUE I WAS HURT FOR A LONG TIME BUT I THINK THAT IAM FIANLY STARTING TO GET OVER HIM.
FOR ALL OF YOU MOMS TO BE THAT ARE MOST LIKEY GOING TO DO THIS ON YOUR OWN YOU CAN DO IT JUST KEEP YOUR HEADS UP.
LOVE STACY AND SAMANTHA

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I think that you sound like you're really strong and have been through a lot. Welcome to girlmom!

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Thanks for sharing! Welcome!

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Sorry you had to go through so much, Welcome to the site I hope you like it.

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Thanks for sharing your story. You said you think that every little girl should have a dad. I think what is really important is that all of the people in her life show her love.