A Life Worth Bearing
By Heidi H
 
Disclaimers-These are not my characters and I am 
making no money off of them.
 
Ratings-Sam/Donna, a life can take so many 
unimaginable twists and turns
 
Sequel to A Life Worth Nothing
 
 
 
Donna looked at the calendar and couldn’t believe 
how close her due date was. Only a few more 
weeks until she saw her son and then had to hand him 
over to his father and step-mother for the rest 
of his life. The thought of her not raising her 
own flesh and blood would hurt her for the rest of 
her natural born life.
 
Sam and Laurie stood back and admired their 
handiwork. Without Donna willing to share information 
with them, they had to decorate with a gender 
neutral theme and it was teddy bears. The room was 
brimming with toys and clothes and everything 
that a child could ever want or need. Sam was 
determined to fill this child’s life with things that 
his mother couldn’t ever provide and for Laurie 
to fill the role of mother.
 
Donna went into labor late one night and 
delivered a healthy baby boy weighing 7 pounds and 9 
ounces all by herself. She was so tired and worn out 
that she only made one phone call after the 
birth. She called her parents and told them about the 
baby. They were happy and excited for her, but 
also a little reserved. The Moss’ didn’t agree 
with the court’s ruling, but knew that Donna had to 
live by it. After hanging up the phone, she sat 
in the bed and cried at the loss she was going to 
endure the next day. She cried for her marriage 
not being able to last. She cried at the loss of 
who she was. Finally, Donna fell into a restless 
sleep.
 
The next morning, Donna picked up the phone and 
informed Sam and Laurie that the baby had been 
born and that they could come to the hospital. 




When they arrived, she was filling out papers for 
the baby. She signed the birth certificate and 
Sam signed his portion. They were both shocked 
when they learned that the baby had already been 
named.
 
Bradley Jordan Seaborn was the name that Donna 
had given her son. She could only hope that Sam 
and Laurie would keep that name. After signing her 
release papers, she left the hospital and went 
home. She had spent the night and early morning 
saying goodbye to her child.
 
Donna was surprised to get a package from Fed Ex 
that afternoon. It was from her friends at the 
outlet store that she had worked at. They had 
gotten her a shadow box and filled it with all the 
things that defined her. There was a computer 
miniature because she was a computer whiz. A phone 
because she liked to talk and many things of that 
nature along with a note telling her to take all 
the time she needed before coming back.
 
Sam and Laurie were so happy that their child was 
finally home. They had decided to keep the name 
that Donna had given him because it had fit. The 
birth certificate was locked away in a safety 
deposit box. They were hoping that Bradley never 
wanted to see it because there would be questions 
about who Donna Moss was. Sam and Laurie had 
agreed that Bradley would see Laurie as his mother 
and Donna would simply be out of the picture. 
 
Donna was able to make decisions again and her 
first one was to move to a different apartment. 
She couldn’t stand to look at the rooms anymore. 
Every place in the apartment reminded her of 
Bradley and it was too much for her to bare. 
 
After going to work, Donna came home to find a 
hateful message on her answering machine. It was 
from CJ. The message was veiled in politeness, 
but the demand was there. She wanted to know if 
Donna was moving back home or at least out of 
Washington since the baby was born. She was so mad. 
There was no way that Donna was going to move to 
make anyone else’s life easier. It wasn’t going 
to happen.
 

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