As the eldest of 3 girls in my family, I have always felt protective of my sisters. Despite how much they can get on my nerves, their safety and well-being is important to me. I have been blessed to be in a position where my safety and well being, as well as those around me, have never been threatened–it has always been a given–as it should be. But I was reminded that this, unfortunately, is not the reality for everyone. I was shattered when I read about 13-year-old Joan Garcia who got pregnant so early on in her life that she had to grow up and drop out of school to take care of her daughter.
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