Seventh Heaven???

I love that show. Kids everywhere, a mom that is perky and doesn't have quiet all the answers but just enough, a loving meddling dad; who wouldn't love that? Upon announcing we were pregnant with our fifth child our oldest son's immediate question was, "Does this mean we are going to have our own show now? "

Although he meant a reality show, my mind goes to Seventh Heaven. Isn't this a commentary on our day to day lives that television is always our first go to? I have to admit I loved the Cosby Show growing up. I wanted a family like that. Now that I am older it's Seventh Heaven. Although somedays around here it feels like Seven Heathens with kids fighting, laundry piled up, and finding the remote is our biggest goal for the day.

So why, why would we want another child? I have been asking myself this. With your first child there is all the excitement of the first time experiences, the second brings the opportunity to give your child a sibling, the third a given because there was three in my family. However with the fourth and now fifth it feels like complete insanity. I know there are those that say we consider each child a blessing and family a gift. The kind if women that look like a momma duck with all her ducklings following in some random parking lot. The thing is, somewhere along the way my husband and I became one of those "people". We had a softening of the heart and we prayed about it. We asked God his opinion and he continued to confirm his desires for our life.

I may not be Annie Camden and I will never be Claire Huxtable, but God is doing some amazing things with Athena these days. So, go ahead and ask me why five kids. I'll just say, "Children are a blessing and family a gift. Now please excuse me while I look for our remote."

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