Carlie the "colorguard baby"

--- No, I'm not pregnant, haven't been, and don't plan to be, but a of mine friends from school are, and I can only imagine how hard it is going to be for her. Raising a baby. Its screams. It cries. It eats all the time. It poops. It pees. How is she going to make it through? Not by the supporting baby's daddy. Nope, of course not, because just like most at this age, hes gone. A baby goes through millions and trillions of diapers, surely she isn't going to be able to afford these by herself., right? Then, theres school and keeping up her grades when the baby does come. My friend, has been dearly blessed with a life changing challenge. A challenge so BIG that it is going to take all her time and commitment into doing. Are you 15,16,17 years old? Are you pregnant? If yes, are you in any sports? If yes, think about that for a second................., your no longer the head of the cheer leading team, of best player for your school JV/v softball team. Everyone around you, whether they show it or not, is going to look at you and wish that you could have only seen what path this pregnancy was going to lead you too. They are going to say " If only she could have known" but one thing they don't know atm, is that once your miracle is born, and the second you look into those big baby eyes and those tiny fingers wrap around yours, your heart will be stolen away from you just like that, and your not going to regret any decision you made. She has a long journey and a lot of struggling ahead of her, but in the end it will all be worth it. Shes going to be tired and shes going to have to get up at 2am most of the time to change a diaper or make a warm bottle, but she isn't going to mind once she sees her tiny baby looking at her with these helpless eyes that just shout " i love you" and " i need you". Its not a game, and its not just a game of make-believe, its for real and at first she might have thought " oh god, this is such a huge mistake " but over the time, doctor visit after sonogram as she watches her unborn blessing grow and grow, and the feeling she gets when it kicks her, she is going to realize that she has created something beautiful and amazing that was meant to be here, that was meant to be brought into this world, and not kept out, and she has a whole family and a whole color guard team right behind, in front of, and beside her ready to help in any way. She is ready, whether she wants to be or not, whether she thinks she is or not, she is ready, to watch her baby grow up to be a great leader, she is ready for the pain, and tears, and laughs, and giggles, and everything, everything and anything, shes ready.