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To Have Children or Not to Have Children

Posted by Elva 
· December 1, 2011 

My children and granddaughter having fun.

Last week I was eating lunch with a couple of guys who also write. One of them talked about how glad he felt that his children had grown up and gone. The other one talked about how lucky he felt because he never had children.

I listened in wonder. Investing in relationship with my children has brought the greatest payoff of anything I have ever done. I have learned things I didn’t know I didn’t know.

Once a therapist with whom I worked sought my advice. “My wife and I are trying to decide whether to have another baby. You know we already have boy and a girl.” I didn’t hesitate to encourage him. My husband had said, “We have a boy and a girl. What else is there?” Then we had Carla and we can’t imagine life without her. Next week we will celebrate the birth of our Christmas baby forty plus years ago–the best Christmas gift ever!

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