Alicia's Auto #4

Feb. 10, 2009
This assignment had me stumped for several days. I cannot truly remember a verbal/language event that scared me early on in life. Not that anything bad had never happened to me or was said to me, but nothing that scared me enough to remember.
So I guess the most frightening verbal exchange I can remember having would have to be the day I called by doctor’s office to get test results. “Yes Miss Vargas, your pregnancy test was positive.” I was 20 years young at home from college for winter recess. It was a “fearful” language event because I was a single college student, still living at home part time. My boyfriend of 5 years was the person I planned on marrying and having children with, but not until I was done with college!
Anyways, this shocking news made my stomach drop. I was scared to death to tell our parents, yet strangely excited about being a mom. I had it all worked out. I would move back home from SDSU permanently, have the baby, and then finish school at CSUSB. That was MUCH easier said than done! I DID attend CSUSB, but after a couple of less than stellar years, I quit going to school altogether. It just became too overwhelming and my heart was no longer in it. During that time, my boyfriend and I split up, and I let my schooling suffer.
In summary, I guess to you my story doesn’t sound too much like a scary verbal experience, but it was to me. Those words are words that I’ll never forget hearing, “…your pregnancy test was positive!”