This Defining Moment
“I remember having this defining moment when I was 16 or 17. Mum was a drug addict and never worked a day in her life, so we always had problems at home. I just remember looking around the lounge room and thinking, ‘This isn’t me. This isn’t what I want. Fuck this. I’m out!’ From that moment on, I just had this attitude that I was never going to be like that. I was always going to be working, always providing for myself. I wanted to achieve things, and I accepted the first job I was offered when I left school.”
I Still Have That Fear
“I’m halfway along with my pregnancy. I’m scared that I’m going to overcompensate to make up for the things that I didn’t get. My fiancé tells me that he’ll keep it real, but there’s only so much you can do. It might just be who I am. I don’t want them to look upon me the way I look at my mother. I know my life is different, and my choices are different, but I still have that fear, and it’s so intense now that I’m pregnant. We’ll see.”
