Pillows.

I think that there is a moment in every female's life, when she stands in front of the mirror, and puts a pillow in her shirt.
She want to see what it looks like to have a baby in her belly. She sees the way that her stomach makes a perfect bowl for the baby to be sheltered inside of it, and she sees that her body can embrace the child. What she doesn't see is that just because her body can keep a baby inside of it, doesn't mean her life can. Girls dream about their daughters and how they will raise them. They think about buying dresses that they don't need, and helping them when a boy they like has a crush on their best friend, and even giving them things they wish they had when they were younger. Guys dream about their sons and how they will raise them to be chivalrous, and how they will approve of the perfect wife, and giving them fatherly advice when it comes to hard situations.
They don't dream about having that daughter or son when they are a child themself. When they are still looking for dresses they don't need, when they are still upset over crushes and boys, and when they are still being given things from their parents that their parents wish they had when they were younger. And for a guy, they are still learning to be a gentleman, and to find that girl to bring home to their parents, and still being given fatherly advice.
They don't dream of having no money and having to raise a child. They can't give their ddaughter a dress she doesn't need because they can't even pay for their own dinner. They can't give advice when they are too young to have gained any experience. They can't talk about crushes and boys when they haven't even figured it out yet. And they cannot give their child what they wish they had when they were younger because there's still time for them to get it. How do teenagers think that it is okay to not be cautious and use protection? I don't understand why you would take a risk thats ramifications are life changing to everyone around you. When you have a child, your family and friends and everyone that knows you or anyone around you is affected in some sort of way. And if your parents are supportive, then you are extremely lucky.
It comes full circle, because when you see that pillow underneath your t-shirt, you never think of your daughter coming home, sitting you down at the kitchen table, and telling you that for the next nine months, what is under their shirt is their stomach, and not the pillow from their bed.

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