 | And I doubt you could find anyone who loves their kids more than me, or who has spent more wonderful and joyous time with their children (as much, just not more). |
Comment History | This sentimental crap that says that nothing is more beautiful and fulfilling than the wonderful and spiritual experience of actually giving birth to a baby is the reason we have Sixteen and Pregnant (or whatever it's called). |
| Do I think I could have a foster child, or adopt a child, and love them the same way I love the children I am the biological mother of? Absolutely. |
| Am I glad I waited until I was done with law school (and then some) to have kids? Yes. Am I glad we were in a position financially and emotionally to have children when I had them? Yes. |
| I also want to dispel, for my part anyway, this deal about "Mother as Madonna" hokum. Being a mother seems pretty much like being a father in my family. I am not some halo-wearing spirit, and kids aren't either. Are the most important thing in my life? Well, yeah. Are they the most important thing in my husband's life? Yeah. Were there hymnals and golden light surrounding every moment of our lives together? No. |
| I'll step in with what is probably an unpopular viewpoint. First, Brian said "there is nothing wrong with being poor, or homeless or orphaned even being abused leaves you with more opportunities than being dead." Um, I don't agree with that. I think it's better not to bear a child than to have one that you know will be poor, orphaned, homeless and abused. |
Original Post  | The article asked me to be the first of my friends to like this, I WILL NOT, and hope all my friends will support the woman's choice. OMG What is next? |
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