Reposted from Super(Catholic)Man.
The math is against me.
I’m 47, and my wife is not much further behind. We have 8 kids, and through breastfeeding, they have all been roughly spaced about 3 years apart. No charts, graphs or really other considerations. Just God’s little joke/plan.
Good times and bad, richer and poorer, health and sickness–and always the kids.
Our oldest is 26, our youngest will be 3 this summer. The oldest ones have married fine people.
Our first grandchild turned 3 on Easter. Our youngest grandchild, and fifth, is due in the fall.
Time is slipping by, and accelerating. We keep trying to face the reality of our family finally aging with us, and not being continually renewed every third year.
Kids keep you young, but let’s face it: At 47 my left knee, my eyesight and my stamina aren’t what they used to be. Naps sound better than ever.
It has probably been hardest on my wife. After all these years, her life is changing dramatically. She began to take classes at the community college to resume a quarter-century dormant urge.
Until Good Friday became Great Friday and the test came up positive.
The ninth time around you would think we’d know the signs.
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Congratulations! That is awesome!
Congratulations from a Dad who was surprised by number nine, too! And she was born during Holy Week three years ago. God bless you and your entire family!
Congratulations!
Personally, I think it’s cool to say your grandkids have an aunt/uncle younger than they are!
God bless!
RobK and David–thanks!
Mike–my last daughter and my first granddaughter (4 months older) were baptized at the same time and place. A first for our priest! Well, and me, too.
Praise God!!! Congratulations! How wonderful to be given one more ride after you thought it was all over! We are somewhat the opposite – 29 years old, unable to conceive, and adoptive parents of three boys – 6, 7, and 8 years old. I don’t know where I’d put a fourth child in this house, but I know we are both secretly hoping for a baby to show up somehow. We try to enjoy the things we can do now that the children are a little older, but we’re also a little sad to think that we’ve had our last baby at so young an age. Maybe we will just start all over when this brood is grown and we are “only” 40-something with an empty nest. You’ve given me a lot to think about and hope for.
From a man who’s had his youngest at the age of 54, congratulations. Older fathers appreciate their kids more.
Well, I “only” have 5, but that is great news — Great Friday, indeed!
Congratulations!
Congratulations! What a wonderful gift to be able to experience a miracle nine times over. God bless.
Congratulations! Great news!