I Feel Lucky, Though, Because Even When

It's Not A Bad Thing, Is It, To Be Strong In Some Ways And Fragile And Vulnerable In Others?

The News Of My Pregnancy Got Out When I Was In The Middle Of My First Trimester. I Hadn't Even Had A Chance To Tell My Friends. That Alone Was So Ugly. It Made Me Hyper-protective ... I Feel Uncomfortable With People Reading Too Much About My Pregnancy Or My Relationship. It Grosses Me Out. It's Too Sweet To Read About Or Dissect.

My Mom Grew Up In Poverty In Oklahoma - Like Dust Bowl, Nine People In One Room Kind Of Place - And The Way She Got Out Of Poverty Was Through Education. My Dad Grew Up Without A Dad, With Very Little And He Also Made His Way Out Through Education.

I Wish I Was One Of Those Cute Pregnant Girls Who Wear Skinny Jeans Throughout Their Pregnancies. But I Just Gain Weight.

The Rule With Marriage Is The Less You Talk About It The Better, As Far As I Can Tell.