My abortion was hard and I grieved, because I always wanted to become a mother.  It just wasn’t the right time for various reasons and I didn’t feel ready, but I did feel a sense of sadness and loss. I’m so thankful though, that it was covered by insurance and easy to access, as it should be, for everyone.   Five years almost to the day after my abortion, I became a mother, of a planned pregnancy with a supportive partner.  My son is the best thing that ever happened to me.  It was a painful decision to have an abortion, but it was the right one at the time.   I wish I knew then that so much happiness was waiting for me in the future.