Heartache x 3

This morning was a little overwhelming.



Heartache #1 - SB 169 passed the Senate and is heading to the House. Please Lord, let them have more sense than their counterparts in the Senate. Be expecting another post on that one.



Heartache #2 and #3 - During 1st block one of my students comes to me with a big smile on her face and says "I wanna show you something. I'm so excited!" As a high school teacher of Seniors, my first instinct is "I wonder what college she has been accepted to? It is so exciting!" She reached into her purse and bam....rugged pulled out from underneath me.



It was her sonogram pictures...it's a boy.



She proceeds to show everyone which sparks the conversation that goes something like this:



Students:"Hey Mrs. Teacher...do you have kids?"

Me: "Nope."

Students: "Do you want to have kids?"

Me: "One day."

Students: "Why don't you have kids?"

Me: My brain goes into overdrive trying to process which response to give...

Response #1
"Because I have bad tubes and my husband's sperm and my egg keep getting stuck." (That'll gross them out.)

Response #2
Uncontrollable sobbing.

Response #3
Because I know how to keep my legs crossed you little jerks. Maybe you oughta try it.
Ever heard of birth control?

Response #4
"Because I have all of you precious little darlings. Why do I need children of my own when I have 60 of you and I see what joys you have become. Now shut the bleepity bleep up."

So...take your pick. Unfortunately my professionalism kicks in I just respond with:

Response #5
"Don't know. But hopefully someday soon."




My heart aches just writing this. Heartache #2 is for me (selfish? maybe.) and Heartache #3 is for this poor girl and her unborn child. 17 years old, unmarried...it all just seems so unfair.