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    Was it Worth It? Fifteen and Pregnant; before it was cool.
    Was it Worth It? Fifteen and Pregnant; before it was cool.
    Was it Worth It? Fifteen and Pregnant; before it was cool.
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    Was it Worth It? Fifteen and Pregnant; before it was cool.

    By Karen Burton

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    A short memoir of a teenage mom. The struggles, the mistakes, the joy and the tears. Fifteen and pregnant before it was made cool by MTV. Teenage pregnancy is anything but cool. It leaves you with a life that is harder than you think. Domestic violence, being a single mom, raising a boy to be a man with little to no life experience.

    Written in a way that even a teenager can sit through, at 60 pages it only highlights certain aspects of a too young mom.

    A must read for anyone who's been there, is headed there or considering the adventure before learning to be an adult. Remember time is the one thing you can't get back, don't lose your youth, take your time, enjoy your childhood, grab your dreams and change the world.

    YOU are WORTH IT!

    At times, when I look back I think, "OMG!, That is my life." All too many times, I've watched, "Riding in Cars with Boys" and felt this overwhelming urge to scream. "It's my life!" I was 15 when I found out I was pregnant. 15. I was a freshman in high school, and boy I knew it all. I hated life, I hated school, I hated my family, I didn't have any friends and only the boys liked me. I was smart, I was athletic, I was a good person, but I wasn't popular and at 13, 14, & 15 that means so much more to a kid. I know that now. I didn't care then, and I had no idea that my decisions as a 15 year old freshman would impact the entirety of my life the way they have.

    You're pregnant.

    Those words, to me sounded wonderful. I imagined that now, finally, someone would love me infinitely and that person was mine and I was theirs, and no one else in the world would matter. That all we would ever need in the world was each other and my love for that growing baby would be the end all to everything wrong in my life.

    To my mom, I imagine that every bad scenario entered her mind as she did everything in her power to protect, help and support her little girl. Mom, I am sorry I put you through it.

    To my dad, as typical men are, there were two options and neither included me being a mom, and he had very good sound reasons (though I wouldn't even listen to them) and I can understand them now. Dad, I am sorry.

    I really had no idea what this one small microorganism-sized particle would do to the rest of my life, my being, my world. After all, I was only....

    Fifteen and Pregnant.

    Author's note: This is the RAW, unedited version of the book. I am not and never really have considered myself a writer. I was terrified to hit the publish button. I do plan on making revisions, but I would like your help with that. Please let me know of any edits you feel I should make, things you think I should expand on, things I should maybe exclude. Thank you for your support of my book.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPoodles Doodles
    Release dateMar 22, 2013
    ISBN9781301611133
    Was it Worth It? Fifteen and Pregnant; before it was cool.
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    Karen Burton

    Karen Leigh Burton is a mom, artist, graphic designer, website developer. Soon to be a first time grandmother and she has written a memoir for her son. This brutally honest telling of her mistakes, how unprepared her 15 year old mind was and how she survived. A domestic violence survivor who did her best with what she had. She loves her son more than the world. Loves to sing, hunt, fish, swim, sit on the beach, read, draw, paint. She actively supports several Dachshund Rescue groups throughout the U.S.

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      Was it Worth It? Fifteen and Pregnant; before it was cool. - Karen Burton

      foreword

      This book came out in about a day. During one of the darkest times I can ever remember having in my life. A day filled with a whirlwind of emotions on the dawn of the birth of my grandson, Lucas.

      You see, I’m supposed to be transitioning from mom to grand mom and I seem to be stuck, terrified of what is on the horizon, knowing that the road I’m about to watch unfold is not mine, but my sons and his girlfriends, it’s a road I’ve traveled, gotten lost on and am still finding my way.

      I’ve been there. The struggles are real, the choices are hard, and I am scared for them. Their generation has been given so much; they don’t really know how the world works. My generation failed as parents, we failed to provide this knowledge to them, we let them feel constantly safe, entitled, and special. We wanted so badly to protect them from everything that we forgot to show them how to fight, how to survive.

      In a time of MTV’s, 16 and Pregnant, Pregnancy Pacts, and Teenage Mom, we have glorified teenage parenting and made it cool.

      It’s not cool, it’s downright hard. Having done it, I know it’s the hardest thing you will ever do.

      What’s worse, you’ll have to do it making minimum wage or less and be stuck with the same mindset you have at the moment of birth. MTV reality stars make approximately $65,000 a year, odds are you will never make more than $30,000 (or its equivalent), you’ll be on the edge of the poverty line until you die. Your child will have a 74% chance of being a teenage parent, an 82% chance of being in poverty, 87% chance of being a high school drop out, and you don’t want to know the rest of the

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