BRAVE TEEN MUM
Looking into my baby's big brown eyes, I sighed.
As my daughter, Breanna, smiled, the feeling that this tiny life was dependent on me was overwhelming.
A single mum at just 17, I watched my friends living carefree lives.
In fact, I'd been out with them late the night before, leaving 10-month-old Breanna with a babysitter.
But now with a splitting headache, I knew my life was spiralling out of control.
I wasn't being the mother that Breanna deserved.
In my head, cruel comments blared.
'You'll never amount to anything,' friends had said when I'd revealed I was pregnant in Year 12.
My family were shocked and everyone had an opinion.
'What do you want to do?' my cousin asked.
'I want to keep my baby,' I told her.
Though I was no longer with my bub's dad, I knew in my heart that this baby was no mistake.
Desperate to buy supplies for my bub, I earned money ironing clothes for people.
But when a friend turned up with a huge basket of nappies, nappy cream and baby wash donated by a local organisation, I never forgot it.
I went on to surprise everyone, including myself, when I passed my Year 12 exams. I then graduated at 17, while pregnant.
When Breanna was born in January 1995, she was absolutely perfect.
I moved in with friends when Breanna was six weeks old, and tried to be a mum while still going out with my friends. But I knew I couldn't do both.
I loved Breanna so much, I was determined to make a good life for both of us.
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