i started planning on how i would do the same thing my birth mother had done (ironically, at the same exact age i was) and give the baby up for adoption. but after i confided in my parents, they came down to see me in college and told me they would support me if i chose to have an abortion. suddenly, something that i couldn’t even consider an option 2 minutes earlier became my choice. both of my parents took me to have it done and sat with me and held me after. (yes, they are bad ass rock stars). i also left the doctor’s office with my first birth control prescription so that i would never have to make that choice again.

20 years later, i don’t regret it. not for a single second.