Dedrekia Houston

The Hidden Message

At 17 years old Dee was a confused teenager in her senior year of high school. She had just found out she was pregnant. “What am I going to do with a baby”? She thought quietly as she stared at the pregnancy test. Her mom had tried to tell her about the birds and the bees, and the many things that could go wrong by having a child at such a young age. As the tears streamed down her face she felt lost. “ Why didn’t I listen to my mom, why was I so hard-headed?”, she thought to herself. She had so many plans, to finish school, go to college and get a degree as a business professional. That night Dee stayed in her room crying all night long not knowing what her life would turn into. She didn’t even know how to contact the father of her child since they had stopped speaking a month earlier. The next day Dee slowly walked to her mom’s room where her mom was peacefully studying and knocked on the door. “ Come in girl, why do you look so down?” Her mom looked at her with a confused but concerned look in her eyes. “Mom I’m pregnant”, she whispered. “What did you just say, speak up”? Her mom asked. “Mom I’m pregnant”! As the tears filled her moms’ eyes, Dee knew she had broken her mom’s heart. “Dee, I love you and although I’m hurt we will figure this out together”.