Blog Assignment #2 Authors Note

​When you first find out you are pregnant in your mind you say “I’m I ready for this, or did I really want family that quick.” I was that type of person because I was afraid and nervous at the same time. I would find myself constantly asking my boyfriend, “Am I going to be a good mother, all I know how to do was go to school and work.” He often told me “You have to be calm and let time tell.” I went on with my pregnancy and later to find out it was going to be a beautiful little girl named Isabel. Being pregnant I was always having mood swings; I was happy one day and the next I was upset and tired. Sometimes I wanted to give up and I was constantly having arguments with my boyfriend. He told me everyday “Be calm and don’t argue because then you might have a miscarriage.” I didn’t believe him and I was always mad, it was not his fault I was pregnant, but all I had was different hormonal changes that sometimes were hard to control.

What inspired me the most about writing this piece was my daughter because now that I look at her I know that I have to be a good mom because she looks up to me. Having her inside me was one wonderful experience but after having her and experiencing different stages with her it has become a wonderful part of my life.This piece is very descriptive because it talks from me having her inside me and my mood swings to actually going into labor and having her in my arms. If I were to continue this piece I will include all the different stages I've been through with her. When I was writing this piece my daughter was actually playing with her toys and luckily letting me write my draft, but just looking at her it is what inspired me the most because I know that I have a life experince to talk about all the time.If I were to extend this piece just to talk about some milestones that Isabel has been through will be great to include in the final portfolio.

I have actually done all kinds of writing from short story, poetry, essays and research papers. I like the short stories but not much because knowing that is a short story it has to be short and not like an essay where you can extended more and have more description. Short stories have to take you right to the point and explain which is good because it makes it shorter to read and get the details and  if it has to have dialogue you have to incoporate that in there as well. You can go on writing and make it an essay but what is in important is you lead the reader right into the details and let them know what is going on. I wrote my piece on a word processor and when I got my peer editing back I went back to word processor and took out parts that were not important and took the reader right into the details about my pregnancy and to having my daughter in my arms. I took out my first paragraph which talked about college but that was not as important because if the title was my first daughter I had to talk more about her and my pregnancy.