Things on my mind...

I have several things on my mind this sunny, but covered in snow day! (yes it snowed all night long...and it's suppose to be Spring!) First thing on my mind is I wish I could say 'What is written on the blog, stays on the blog'...however I should know better right? I suppose if I post it, it's fair game for the whole world. But I just didn't know that mentioning a 'friend' was pregnant would mean people would investigate who that anonymous person is, and then feel it necessary to mention it to our Relief Society president. Funny how you don't know who is reading your blog until you're busted for posting something you didn't think anyone would take any notice of to begin with! Well, I take full responsibility for saying it, I sure shouldn't have done it, and I'll be much more careful with personal information in the future!
For the second thing on my mind, I'd like to make a preemptive apology for anyone I might offend, but I might get a little crazy in this thought. So I was reading a magazine article about several teenage girls who found themselves pregnant, and what they have chosen to do with their lives now. 6 of those 7 teens kept their babies. Each one told their story about how they are going to make the biggest sacrifice of their life and keep the baby to raise. I am sorry, but I don't think that is the biggest sacrifice of their life, it is the biggest sacrifice of their child's life....a sacrifice that they didn't even choose to make! Any difficulties and hard times these teen girls will face is a direct result of their own chooses, they deserve every late night, every spit up in their face, every High School dance that they miss! They messed up, and now they'll take the consequences. The true sacrifice would be to give up the baby for something more. There are SO many couples in the world, who want babies and just can't have them. A mother and a father, who've already committed to another for life and beyond, who have financial resources to offer a baby so much more than a teen mother could! Couples who know and will love that baby as there very own! The one story about the one girl who gave up the baby for adoption had a statement from her own mother about how disappointed she was that her daughter gave the baby up for adoption, and how that mother would have raised her grandchild....well it doesn't seem like she taught her own daughter very well, what is she going to do better then second time around? I wish there was more support for adoption, I wish there wasn't as many girls as there are that find themselves in this situation, but most of all I wish that if they do, they understand the true meaning of sacrifice!
Last thing on my mind today, (on a much higher note), is that I am SO thankful for good girl friends! I love girls night out, meeting up with old friends for lunch, having long conversations with friends about who knows what in the end! There is nothing like hanging out with just the girls, am I right? So I just want to say I LOVE YOU to my sisters, sister-in-laws, friends from work, friends from church, friends I used to go to school with, and friends I've had around so long, I don't even remember where we met! I am so glad we have each other around to boost us up when we are down, let us cry when there isn't much of a reason, and call us when there isn't a necessary topic! Having good friends is the greatest :)