Motherhood Support
(Ricky takes Amy and John to the park)
"Hey Ricky
"Hey Amy"
"Do you have John's car seat?"
"Yes I do Amy"
"Are you ready to go John, daddy wants you to see the park for the first time"
"John giggles"
"Ricky, thanks for bringing us here, John needs to see the park, I hope we can come here every weekend"
"Amy I simply want to keep the mother of my son happy and let my son see the world he is living in"
"I wanted to tell you that I'm starting a support group today, it's for teenage mothers, and I could really use the support"
"Amy, I want you to know that you can find support in me any time, I love our son and I want the best for him"
"I'm glad you are involved in John's life, I want him to know his daddy"
"Amy, there was something I have been meaning to ask you"
"Yes Ricky"
"You gave John, Ben's last name as his middle name, I would like for John to have my last name, and your last name as his middle name"
"Ricky, how about I change his name to Jonathan Ricky Jeurgens Underwood"
"We will call him John, but on his birth certificate he will be Jonathan"
"I love that name Amy, thank you so much for wanting my son to have my name as his middle name and thanks for wanting him to carry my last name, it means so much to me"
"Ricky all I want is for John to have a part of both of us"
"I will need to talk to Ashley about this, she did name him John"
"I understand Amy; I would never try to leave your family out"
"I need to be getting John home now; we have the Teen Mothers Support Group in less than two hours"
"Can we do this next week?"
"Sure, John loves spending time with you; he is a big daddy's boy"
(ONE HOUR AND FOURTY FIVE MINUTES LATER)
"Hello and welcome to the teen mothers support group, we are here to listen, encourage and help you through the struggle of being a teen mother"
"Ladies, please tell us who you are and your situation"
"Amanda you can go first"
"Hi my name is Amanda and this is Lilly, I am 13 years old, Lilly is 5 months old. Lilly's father is not apart of her life, he has denied her from the moment I knew she was inside me. My mom kicked me out when she found out, my friends want nothing to do with me. The only person that would take me in was my dad and his wife. They have supported me through all of this.
"Thank you Amanda"
"Hi my name is Teresa and this is Alisha, I am 16 years old and a single mom. I don't see her father, he left before he knew she was even on the way, I feel like he got what he wanted and moved on, leaving me to pick up the pieces. I get up, get dressed, take care of Alisha, hand her off to my step mom who baby sits her, go to school, get out of school, go to work, come home and do chores, give Alisha her evening food, give her a bath, do my homework in between her fighting sleep, I'm up till twelve in the morning doing homework and getting Alisha to bed. Alisha is 11 months old and I do not see my pre pregnancy friends anymore, it's been 15 months since I have seen or talked to my friends. I miss my life before Alisha, but I would never give her up"
"Next"
"Hi my name is Amy Jeurgens and this is Jonathan Ricky Jeurgens Underwood, we call him John. I am 16 years old and I was 15 when I got pregnant. I miss my life before John, I miss seeing all my friends. I miss my life before John. I thought about adoption, but it was just too hard in the end. I do not have much time anymore to do the things I used to do; I go to school, go to work, take care of John and do my homework.
"Thank you for sharing Amy, well girls that's all I have time for today"
"Girls I want you to set up an individual appointment with me and pick up a book out here that has some numbers you will need and it has each others numbers, I will see you girls next time, thanks for coming"
"Amy, I'm Louise and if you need anything I'm here for you"
"Amy I want to see you everyday at 2:00, I will make sure you have a note for school, I want to be able to see you without John, we can talk about all the feelings you are having about being a teenager mother"
"Thank You Louise, I really appreciate the help, I can not wait to get started, I really feel like I can be a good mom if I have someone that will help me and understand me"
"Well Amy my job is to listen and to guide you, I am not about judging you, I'm sure you did a lot of judging to your own self when you found out you were pregnant"
"I have to go now Hun, I will see you starting tomorrow, bye"
(SORRY GUYS, BUT I'M NOT READY TO SEE AMY AND RICKY TOGETHER YET, JOHN IS ONLY 3 MONTHS OLD, I THINK THEY NEED TIME TO SEARCH THEMSELVES, SORRY IF YOU GUYS GOT EXCITED, THINKING THEY WOULD GET TOGETHER, CHAPTER 4 WILL BE UP TOMORROW EVENING SOMETIME)