Topic > My Parents and the Death of the Black Sheep - 716

Senior Year One year ago I woke up to what I thought was going to be a normal, beautiful day. That night I found out I was pregnant, the worst thing that could happen to a seventeen-year-old. My parents were out of town, so I couldn't tell them until a couple of nights later. Those two nights were just as bad as the night I told him, because I felt so guilty keeping it from him. That night was followed by much crying and screaming. I felt like I was an embarrassment and the black sheep of the family. My mother felt guilty like it was her fault because she didn't want to give me birth control. My daughter's arrival in my life started as a never-ending nightmare and became a gift experiencing my parents' reaction, surviving high school, and thriving in college. My parents' reaction may have been like any other parent's, but I think their reaction was worse. As soon as my parents dropped everything they were holding, followed by silence, I knew this was going to be bad. The first thing my parents did was ask my boyfriend,...