The Time Machine

If I had a chance to create a time machine and go back to any time or place I would go back to the time of when my parents were younger. Specifically when they met in high school is where I want to go. I would do this because I haven't really gotten the whole story of what went "down" when they first met and fell in love. I hear bits and pieces of it, not the whole thing. I should have known about this stuff since I was little but I guess they don't really like to talk about those things. I don't know why this is.

There is a new movie that has just premiered that is called "Hot Tub Time Machine". In that movie a group of people go back in time but only about a decade or two back, so it's not that far back in time but it's still considered time travel. This is what I want to do, just go back enough time to meet my parents when they were meeting each other. I want to see what their young life was like. I have heard a couple of stories from my mom here and there about when my dad used to have girls falling for him. Then my parents found out that they were going to have a child. I want to go back to that time to see what it was like for something that serious to happen to them.

I know for sure that when they met it was in high school. West Mesa High School is where they attended to be exact. My mom was a freshman and my dad was a senior. This is why they like that I come to Atrisco because there are no seniors for me to fall in love with. Another big thing that I know for sure is that my mom found out she was pregnant with me when she was only nineteen years old. Yes, she was a teen mom. If I was there I would ask her how she feels about everything because that would be very hard to find out your having a child at such a young age. It is a choice that affects the rest of your life. I want to know what was going through her head at the exact moment she found out, that is what I would ask her if I got to go back in time and meet her.

I would also have a few things to ask my dad too. The first thing is that I don't understand how he could do this because he is a very responsible man right now. It's hard to believe that he did do it. I would also ask him about how he felt about the whole situation because he wasn't the person carrying the child; I mean he could have left my mom as a single mother if he had made that decision. He didn't though and this changed his whole life because a year after my birth they would get married. I want to ask him if his love grew stronger for my mom when he found out.

If I created a time machine, these are the things I would do. I want to know the whole story. This is a very serious subject because if it wouldn't have happened I wouldn't have been here now. I can't imagine that. All I want to do is go back in time and get the details of what everyone felt about the fact that I would soon be in this world. I would especially want to know what my mother and father felt about it.