Maya Angelou – I can’t imagine my life without him

“When I was 16, a boy in high school evinced interest in me, so I had sex with him — just once. And after I came out of that room, I thought, Is that all there is to it? My goodness, I’ll never do that again! Then, when I found out I was pregnant, I went to the boy and asked him for help, but he said it wasn’t his baby and he didn’t want any part of it.

I was scared to pieces. Back then, if you had money, there were some girls who got abortions, but I couldn’t deal with that idea. Oh, no. No. I knew there was somebody inside me. So I decided to keep the baby.

My older brother, Bailey, my confidant, told me not to tell my mother or she’d take me out of school. So I hid it the whole time with big blouses! Finally, three weeks before I was due, I left a note on my stepfather’s pillow telling him I was pregnant. He told my mother, and when she came home, she calmly asked me to run her bath.
I’ll never forget what she said: “Now tell me this — do you love the boy?” I said no. “Does he love you?” I said no. “Then there’s no point in ruining three lives. We are going to have our baby!”

What a knockout she was as a mother of teens. Very loving. Very accepting. Not one minute of recrimination. And I never felt any shame.
I’m telling you that the best decision I ever made was keeping that baby! Yes, absolutely. Guy was a delight from the start — so good, so bright, and I can’t imagine my life without him.

At 17 I got a job as a cook and later as a nightclub waitress. I found a room with cooking privileges, because I was a woman with a baby and needed my own place. My mother, who had a 14-room house, looked at me as if I was crazy! She said, “Remember this: You can always come home.” She kept that door open. And every time life kicked me in the belly, I would go home for a few weeks.

I struggled, sure. We lived hand-to-mouth, but it was really heart-to-hand. Guy had love and laughter and a lot of good reading and poetry as a child. Having my son brought out the best in me and enlarged my life. Whatever he missed, he himself is a great father today. He was once asked what it was like growing up in Maya Angelou’s shadow, and he said, “I always thought I was in her light.”

Years later, when I was married, I wanted to have more children, but I couldn’t conceive. Isn’t it wonderful that I had a child at 16? Praise God!”

Maya Angelou

Jordan Sparks

jordan sparks“Sparks participates in pro-life conferences as a volunteer and singer. She sang at Arizona’s Right to Life 2005 conference. Sparks hasn’t been shy about her pro-life beliefs. Asked about a ring she wears on her wedding ring finger …it’s my Purity Ring, symbolizing I am waiting until I am married, and saving myself for true love.” #jordansparks

Jordan Sparks | singer

Jim Caviezel

jim caviezel“Being Pro-Life is important to me. How are we so arrogant to not think of the 51.5 million babies who have died in this country… Look, I am for helping women. I just don’t see abortion as helping women. And I don’t love my career that much to say, I’m going to remain silent on this.” #jimcaviezel

Jim Caviezel | Actor

Nick Cannon

nick cannonNick Cannon has been known to speak out against abortion before, most notably in a song he wrote about his own mother who had considered aborting him. In the song, Can I Live? He thanks his mother for choosing life.

Nick Cannon | Actor/singer

Phil Robertson

phil robertson“Duck Dynasty’s Robertson in what appears to be a religious sermon – declares his pro-life stance on the issue of abortion. When discussing the ethics of, and that there’s a debate on the issue, he asks, “What in the world happened to us?.” #duckdynasty #philrobertson

Phil Robertson | Duck Dynasty

Kevin Sorbo

kevin sorbo“Sorbo recently tweeted his support for the new Gosnell Movie that will profile the gruesome late-term abortion practitioner. This is something that my wife and I are behind because we believe in this project. It’s long overdue for this story to be told, it wasn’t covered by the media nearly as much as other murder cases were.” #KevinSorbo

Kevin Sorbo | Actor