Abortion: Not easy, not sorry

[marym625]

50. add me to that

I made the mistake of telling a cousin/friend who then shared it with her mother. My aunt then shared it with the rest of the family. Coming from an Irish Catholic family, that's a great deal of people. And as my aunt shared it, she was sure to add how her daughter was "pure." Something I laughed out loud at but kept the truth to myself.

I am lucky I have such a great mom. She got on the phone with her sister and ripped her a new one. She emphasized the fact that entire generation kept the secret from my aunt's kids that she was actually married a year after they thought, she being pregnant when she married and was too ashamed to be truthful.

What I was ashamed of and what took many years to deal with was I became pregnant from a rape. Now I am ashamed of that shame. I didn't even tell my parents until I was about 18 or 19.