Courage

Last Tuesday it was a beautiful day here so I decided to give Lucas his dinner bottle on the front porch. I had been out there a few minutes when our next door neighbor Jen came out. We haven't seen her in a number of months because of the weather and she is a stay at home mom with Makenna who is about 18 months. But I knew she was pregnant and due in April. Well she came out with Makenna and her new baby boy Colton. She had gone into the hospital on March 22 with some side pain and it turned out she had preeclampsia. So they induced her. Colton was born two weeks early. She seemed so relaxed and was able to manage a very active and curious Makenna while holding a sleeping Colton in her arms. All I could think of was that she was so courageous. She had two babies under two-and she stayed home with them and seemed content to fill that role for them. Even with one, there are some days I feel overwhelmed. I can't imagine the women who manage more than one child. My friend Betsy was delivering her FOURTH baby on Friday. I can't begin to understand the patience and compassion she has for her children. And at one point I think they wanted to have 5 children!!!!! If we were to have another child Marc would need to be in a plural marriage so there would be another wife to care for the house.