Breakout Breakthrough

I have been with the EMC Preganacy centers for the 4th time since I started and it was a successful day that I could feel good about. My other visits included two or three girls with myself having little or nothing to do with the process of caring for these women. This day was different but it started with a hard case. The girl was seventeen with a friend and had come in early before her appointed time. Us interns weren't sure what to do so we had her fill out a form and took her to a room to talk. Through conversation we found out that she didn't want to dissapoint her mother who had already been apart of early pregancies nor did she want to get side tracked from going to college to be a forensic scientist. Once she figured out that we didn't want her to have an abortion she really shut us out. I didn't know what to do with her so we let her go watch a video. Later, Linda would show up and talk to a group of couples other cases of people altogehter including this girl. She spoke very powerfully and got through to everyone. This particular girl was still aprehensive even during and after the sonogram, which is when many open up. Linda had to have another one-on-one talk with her before you could see a bubbling and promising seventeen year old again. This example goes to show that despite tough exteriors that all these girls just need to be shown that they are loved, know we can help them, and we can still see the world the same way, for what it is, not what we figure.