At 19, terrified while buying a pregnancy test, I was comforted by an older cashier who quietly offered me a private place to take it and encouraged me when I returned in tears. Her simple words gave me the strength to believe I could handle motherhood, and 11 years later, whenever someone calls me a good mom, I still remember the stranger who first made me believe I could be one.
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