I got a phone call from one of my girls one day, she came into our center in Queens back in Feburary. This time she just wanted to get together, you see at EMC we foster relationships with our clients. We ended up going out to dinner in Manhattan. This girl is great!
She has her bachelors, and is now working on her Masters at a school in Long Island.
She is very driven. Her ambitions are definitely there. She does not ignore them. She wakes up every morning to make her bowl of oatmeal and get dressed for the day, to conquer it.
This is her mentality. She does the things logically that she needs to do. But she also does not ignore the dreams that she has.
When she came into our center a few months ago, she was highly contemplating the thought of getting an abortion after she discovered that she was pregnant. Because of all these dreams and aspirations, she thought the baby might get in the way. All women think this way. But little did she know, there was something for her to hear...
That same first day that she came in, I met with her first, then told her she should get a sonogram. She agreed. As soon as the sonogram started, her body language started to change. Then Rosanna pushed the button to allow all of us to hear the baby's heartbeat.
After it was over, Tiffany and I met back in the room. I asked her, "so what do you think now?"
She said, "Oh no! No way....after hearing the baby's heartbeat?....no...I'm keepin my child".
So apparently there IS something about the heartbeat.
Now, she is finishing up this semester. She works so hard. We talk or text once a week so that we keep in touch. She knows that I am there for her. She knows that she can count on EMC.
No comments:
Post a Comment