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The background: Three years ago, I met a man while I was teaching in South Korea. He's from San Francisco, California and I'm from Canada. We knew each other for a year there, and began an on and off relationship that lasted over a year. In addition to Korea, we travelled all over Asia together - places like Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Some of the best times of my life. We were living in Australia at the time that I discovered I was pregnant.
I had been living and working abroad for two years at this point. I had nothing at home, no job or place of my own. I wasn't even sure that me and this man were meant to be together, in fact, I was pretty sure we weren't. It was a scary, rude awakening for me. I'd never been so scared in my life.
We both decided we wanted to keep the child and put everything into being good parents for her. I worked in Australia for another 2 months after I found out I was pregnant, and then travelled to the UK to visit a close friend, and then finally - moved back to Canada, at 4 months pregnant.
Currently: I am staying with my mom. Our beautiful baby girl was born a week ago. The father has been in Canada, helping me for the past month. In one week from now, he heads back to California to look for work. The plan so far is that I will visit him there with our baby until Christmas.
After that, we have no idea where life will take us. He loves his daughter and is great with her. We don't know whats happening between us, but we do want to live a reasonable distance apart so that we can both be apart of her life.
Vivienne is a beautiful baby and now the most important person in my life. I wanted to share the story of how she was brought into it.
I had been living and working abroad for two years at this point. I had nothing at home, no job or place of my own. I wasn't even sure that me and this man were meant to be together, in fact, I was pretty sure we weren't. It was a scary, rude awakening for me. I'd never been so scared in my life.
We both decided we wanted to keep the child and put everything into being good parents for her. I worked in Australia for another 2 months after I found out I was pregnant, and then travelled to the UK to visit a close friend, and then finally - moved back to Canada, at 4 months pregnant.
Currently: I am staying with my mom. Our beautiful baby girl was born a week ago. The father has been in Canada, helping me for the past month. In one week from now, he heads back to California to look for work. The plan so far is that I will visit him there with our baby until Christmas.
After that, we have no idea where life will take us. He loves his daughter and is great with her. We don't know whats happening between us, but we do want to live a reasonable distance apart so that we can both be apart of her life.
Vivienne is a beautiful baby and now the most important person in my life. I wanted to share the story of how she was brought into it.
