I never held any illusions about having 4 kidlets. I didn’t expect it to be easy, I knew it wouldn’t be cheap, & I anticipated the years of being tied down to breastfeeding, diapers, & crying. I entered in to this with a willing spirit & a joyful heart. As they headed off to school, one by one, & that glorious day came when The Boy was old enough to take the babysitting course & allow me the freedom to grocery shop ALONE, I honest to God, no word of a lie, thought I had made it through the worst, & after a decade of babies, had come out the other end still standing…& still smiling..albeit standing slightly stooped, & smiling slightly crooked. But I had done it! And better yet, I had been right…the rewards had far outweighed what I had known the difficulties would be. But alas, I am a foolish woman. And no one ever told me…

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