Children

It’s a pretty normal thing for girls, especially women of our age, to contemplate the number of children we would like to have. I think this is fair since we are the ones who will be bearing the children. This topic of conversation came about because of Trip and Jess’s (leaders of the Soma expression) four delightful daughters. With four youngsters in the house, things are always exciting from handfuls of dried strawberries that were meant to be shared with neighbors but instead are incriminating evidence on red hands and lips to captured butterflies who are woeful to be temporarily stored in wine glasses to incessant motion and question asking, it was necessary for us to discuss how many children we thought we wanted to have as we contemplate living a lifestyle similar to these folks. Nevermind that our future children’s fathers probably deserve input in the matter, it is always best to be prepared.

Bethany decided that her maximum limit was definitely a number smaller than four, unless they were spaced a little further out than Trip and Jess’s children. Becca on the other hand, has increased her number each time the topic has come up. From three-four to definitely four to four-five.

This is yet, again, another reflection of our differences in personality. Now that we’ve publicized this, the fates may have it that Beth will have the five children while Becca has only two. However, where we find common ground is that we both want our homes to be places of hospitality where our children, family, friends, and strangers the Lord leads across our paths always find that there is welcome room at the table for one more.