Saturday, October 18, 2008

{my advice}

when we were living in coos bay as a very young couple i had a dear friend give me the best advice that i never took......and i regret it to this day.
john and zachary were at her house with her 3 boys and her husband and she and i were walking with my newborn {madison} in their neighborhood.
i remember telling her that i couldn't wait to have another baby because {i had so many cool names picked out}......obviously there were other reasons, but to my 26 year old self that was just as good a reason as any......lol!!
anyway.....it brought up the subject of having 3 kids. she told me that over the years they had talked about having their third and had a million reasons why they shouldn't, but couldn't think of many why they should......
until they had him.
and then she said to me {you will never regret having another child, but someday you may regret not having one}.....
i'm there.
my advice to any of you who are reading this is that if you think in even the tiniest way that you may want to have another baby......just do it.

5 comments:

Mrs Anne said...

I can't wait to start trying (After March 2009).

You guys wanna get together tomorrow?? Dream or coffee??

Susanne P. said...

i was at that place but my body prevented it. a very early hysterectomy for me! blah!

i guess seeing where my life is now my body knew best.

make it happen girlie.

Missy said...

You know I would have another one in a minute. If I wasn't 37 yrs old. If my husband was on board. If I could stay home and not put them in daycare. If I didn't get to sick during pregnancy. You are right. Easier to say why you shouldn't.......... :(
Your baby is coming. I know it. You are talking about it and wanting it. It will happen. If I wasn't so bad at actually being pregnant, I would carry a baby for you.

Torikay said...

I am forwarding this to my hubby. We have been discussing having another one at some point. Thanks for the wisdom, I am only sorry that you learned the hard way! I am praying for an addition to your family soon! Have you considered international adoption? I have a good friend who has adopted two beautiful babies from Korea. If you are interested, let me know and I'll connect you.

{marie} said...

we have considered all sorts of adoption and that is the way we are leaning....we just finished the classes for dhs....who knows what will happen. i wouldn't want to have another biological baby....only adoption. we'll see what happens.