When you are young you really don’t think about having a child or being a parent. Oh I knew when I was a teenager that I wanted a family some day, but I never really thought about it. When I got married I didn’t even think about it. Not until I found out my wife didn’t want children. Don’t you think I should have asked that after a few dates and not a few years after marriage. I just assumed everyone wanted a house full of kids. Never thought how much that might cost or how I was going to support them.
You can never really know what love is until you have a child. I have never adopted a child but I guess it is just about the same. When I was talking to wife two on the phone (1300 miles away) she said we are pregnant. It took my breath away. I don’t think I ever really understood what happiness was until that second. When you hold that baby for the first time I am positive that God has your back. That is when I understood what a blessing meant. It wasn’t just written in a book, it was happening to us.
From my perspective (a guy that doesn’t think too much about stuff) going through everything is worth that first time you are introduced to the little person that just changed your life forever. Wife two told me that if I wanted another one that I would have to have it myself. If that was really possible, I might chicken out.
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