Abbey’s podcast, Mimosas With Moms, is a must listen for mommas looking to bond and learn new ideas in a judgement free zone. Abbey knows a lot about judgement, as a young, single mom, she faced more than her fair share. And yet, even though life worked out so much different than she ever imagined, she got exactly what she didn’t know she needed. Abbey’s commitment to her own dreams, to pushing past obstacles, excuses, and other’s opinions got her where she is today. Abbey’s story is a powerful reminder that life is what happens when we’re making other plans. We can choose to be victims of our circumstances or thrive in the face of them.
Hey Abbey! I love your podcast, thank you so much for being here today. I’d love for you to tell me a little bit more about you and where your story took an unexpected turn.
I was halfway through my bachelors degree, I was 20 years when I found out I was expecting Oliver, my first. I was just a very typical 20 year kid in college. I went to the doctor, I thought I was dying and they were like “nope, you’re pregnant.”
I thought “how could this happen, I took my birth control every day” but of course, it happens. It was a really hard thing to go through at 20 years because one, you have no idea who you are or what you’re doing, your direction is all over the place, two, there’s kind of still this stigma around being a young parent. Which I find really interesting because we live in a culture that is very sexual, that is very accepting of premarital sex, it isn’t viewed negatively but the consequences of it still very much are.
So I come home, tell my family I’m pregnant, and it was not received well. I come from a very big, Catholic family. That was hard but also, all of my peers were about to be turning 21, so they were like “oh that sucks you’re about to become a mom, we’re gonna go to the bars, see ya!”
It was a very isolating time. Read More
Author: Emilie
Original Article: https://emiliekarun.com/life-is-what-happens-when-were-making-other-plans/2019/10/02/woman-crush-wednesday/
