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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Transcript
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while I stared at the texture of the white walls. My eyes were drawn to the only photo hanging on it, that of a child frolicking through tall green grass. Ironically, the photo saddened me. I felt anxious, worried about what was coming. I thought about reading a magazine to pass the time, but I couldn't focus with each passing minute. My stress level deepened and pediatrician George Allen MD was taking forever to come back to the examination room. What was taking so long after he had seen my son Jamie, I had expected him simply to tell me what was wrong and how I could fix it. Leaning my head against the wall, I remembered what life had been like before I became a mother when worrying was something only other people did. I was living a young girl's dream, working as an actress, soaking up the Hollywood lifestyle. I never could have imagined being in a situation where I was constantly in and out of doctors offices with my own sick child. before my life with my husband James. My biggest concerns consisted of choosing between the ivy on Robertson and the ivy at the shore for lunch and deciding what to wear. Quite often, I actually believed the world revolved solely around me. I traveled on a moment's notice, stayed up all night or slept all day whenever I wanted. I loved having that kind of freedom, but deep inside burned a strong desire to have Children. After James and I had married, I wasn't sure what kind of mother I would make sometimes when my sister in law plopped her toddler on my lap so I could watch her for a few moments, the little girl and I would look at each other awkwardly waiting for something to happen. Moments like those made me wonder how my life would be with Children in it. I couldn't picture it clearly, but I definitely had a vision of a family of my own