Shanie Love - Pregnant -2011-12-31- Target -2021- -

April 14, 2025

Shanie Love - Pregnant -2011-12-31- Target -2021- -

That night, I made a quiet promise: I’ll find my way. I’ll build something stable.

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Fast forward to —New Year’s Eve again, but a very different scene. Shanie Love - Pregnant -2011-12-31- Target -2021-

Why Target? Because that’s where I worked. Not as a temporary cashier, but as a . The same place I applied to five years ago, desperate for a steady paycheck and health insurance for my kid. And today? Today I was picking out a new tablet for my daughter (yes, that same baby from 2011) and a bottle of sparkling cider to ring in 2022.

If you're out there and you feel stuck—pregnant, broke, scared, alone—hold on. Your "December 31st" will come again. And when it does, you might just find yourself in a Target, smiling at the person you’ve become. That night, I made a quiet promise: I’ll find my way

I was —young, excited, and scared out of my mind. I was pregnant. Not just "maybe" pregnant, but "due any day" pregnant. And instead of partying like everyone else my age, I was sitting on the edge of my bed in sweats, rubbing my belly, trying to figure out how I was going to bring a baby into the world when I didn’t even have my own life figured out.

Ten years ago today, on , everything changed. Why Target

Then & Now: Shanie Love – A December to Remember

January 1, 2022

#ShanieLove #PregnancyJourney #TargetMemories #10YearChallenge The Story:

I wasn't the scared girl anymore. I was —stronger, wiser, and standing in the electronics aisle of Target .

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