I was walking with Serene to her home this afternoon. Some of the children had gone to karate with the other cousins, and I said to her, "You'll have a quiet supper tonight."
"Oh no," she replied. "It will be much more hectic. I won't have so much help and therefore the children will be more boisterous and roudy. I won't have Engedi to hold baby Haven while I cook the meal or Cherish to help with the other little ones."
It's so true! More children don't make life more burdensome for a mother. The opposite is true. The more children, the more help. The more older children, the more there are to play and entertain the little ones. Everyone works together and the home runs smoothly.
The most challenging time of motherhood is when you have two or three little children, and no older ones. Please don't despair in this time, young mothers. More children, not stopping children, will fill your home with joy. And it doesn't become more overwhelming. It will become easier.
Love from Nancy Campbell