Today I am thinking. Thinking about how much I love my kids and how awesome they are. I am SO thankful for them. Man, I am so blessed. To tell you about each one would take a book, I will spare you. I can not imagine life without any one of them. Twenty-three years ago, if you had told me I would have eleven children, I would have said “No way!” I would have imagined the pregnancy aches and pains, the labor pains and the sleepless nights with tiny babies. I would have imagined all the dirty diapers and potty training. Not to mention all the work as they grow older and worrying when they are teens, and even after they move out on their own. But, I am afraid, I would not have realized back then all the joy I would have. Our house is always full of laugher. I get hugs galore and there is always a willing helper. (My kids love to help!) Yes, I am glad no one told me back then, I am afraid I would have taken a different road out of fear and cheated myself of a great treasure.
You may be here because you are pregnant. If that is the case, you may wonder what things will be like when this baby comes. If it is the first, how will it be to be a parent? If you already have one or more, will you have enough love for another? What will labor be like? Will you ever sleep again? Have time to yourself again? Mother, let me tell you, it is all hard work but so well worth it! Look forward to the blessing of new life, to a lifetime of watching someone learn and grow and make the journey into adulthood. You are blessed!