Joanne: I totally relate to your struggle about having children. was I love children so much and I even went into the Child Life profession. But my husband and I knew after careful consideration of the <b>childs life </b>and what the child would go through and the sacrifices the child would end up making and the sadness the child would experience and all the woes of growing up with a sick mommy the child would be forced to endure . We decided not to bring a child into this relationship and have faith that God would provide in other ways. Well many years later God has provided us with many children that we get to love and spoil and have overnight and we even married off a child now 26 who calls us her second set of Parents. ( Mom and Dad ) she calls us on Mothers day and Fathers Day and we love her and her siblings as if they were our own. The love is the only love of children we know and it fills our hearts to the brim. We look back now and say as I am in my Severe stages of CF and dealing with diabetes and in and out of the hospital bearly able to keep house and sometimes barely able to take a shower, Thank God we made the decision we did. It would have been so unfair to the child to expose them to such a life. Instead we are loving, caring, able minded Aunt and Uncle and even second parents to many kids. As well as neighbors children. My life is filled with children and I have lived a very fullfilling life. It is a journey for you Joanne and I love that you are searching your heart first, Unlike those who have children and search later. God Bless you
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