Family First

The only thing I remember thinking was, "This is the right thing." That was the beginning of parenthood (and I only 24, Lindsay 21).
It was no vision from heaven. There was no outside pressure. We just sat there one night and talked about it. We talked about it and did it.
Now, six years later, we're parents three times. Three beautiful, taxing, worth-every-minute-of-it children (two boys and a sister). Did I mention we also have two cats, a dog and twelve chickens? 

By the world's standard we squandered our Young Adulthood. We could have travelled much more extensively. We could have gone to more movies. More fine theater. Without kids we would have easily gone on to more schooling. Wouldn't have to worry about making sure dinner catered to our sons' tastes too. Really without these three children life could have been much easier on us. Definitely cheaper. 

But I would ask you (and those with children know the answer already,while those without children can only hope to guess at it), gazing into your child's face, would you ever claim they came too soon? Would you ever wish for just a few more years without them? Or do you know now, as I know, that until you risked family, you were but a lonesome kayaker paddling in the city pool. 

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