| So far, my wife and I have had four babies. Everyone | | | | joy and excitement. We both love big families and we |
| asks us if we intend to have any more, which just | | | | don't really care if what anyone else thinks about it. |
| baffles me, because the implication that they give is | | | | Oddly enough, the people that treat us with the |
| that we have somehow reached our quota and to | | | | greatest incredulity are those who have had failed |
| have more children is somehow an affront to God and | | | | marriages producing only one or two children, if any at |
| man. The short answer is yes, we plan to have more; | | | | all. It seems to me that these people know nothing |
| we plan to have as many as the Good Lord will send | | | | about raising a big, successful family, and maybe their |
| us and have no intention of doing anything to stop | | | | disapproval stems from their own lack of success in |
| them from coming. | | | | the matter. I try not to judge, but statistically, these |
| My wife comes from a family of fourteen, and while | | | | folks seem to be the ones with the most indignation at |
| my nuclear family was small, I grew up with my forty | | | | our plans for our family. Oh well, to each is own. As for |
| cousins that were born from the twelve children that | | | | us, we intend to collect as many baby receiving |
| my grandparents had. Our lives have been filled with | | | | blankets as we can over the next several years. |