Going to the beach and heard “Fast Car” by Tracey Chapman. I used to love the song despite not liking the style of music but I was singing the lyrics and now know why I loved it…

“And I-I had a feeling that I belonged
I-I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone”

I believed and felt this way when I was with my dad. I really had to think hard about the lyrics and when I felt this way.

My dad is the best parent I have ever met and when I was 10 he moved to Florida and we lived in Chicago. I talked to him more and had a better relationship with my dad than my friends that lived with their dads.

Crazy huh??

He was the first person I told I was pregnant…all 3 times. My mom was the last.

When I was pregnant when I was 19 he asked me what I wanted and he said if I wanted to keep it he would help me with raising and taking care of the baby if I moved in with him.

I told my mom and she threw me at the abortion clinic. Then they messed up and had to do 2 abortions in 1 day. I SWORE I’d never have one again! I didn’t.