Thanks Aecetia — you’re right about the drive down the 67, its amazing how its really only 15 minutes down to Poway once your on the West End of Ramona, but it seems like an ocean away, especially for our friends who are primarily in) 4S Ranch and can’t believe we are WAY out there!

As for the kid issue, some really interesting feedback from everyone. When I gave the granny analogy I wasn’t thinking so much about the kids that would be at my side but moreso about what I did with my life. Somehow raising a family (and it seems strange to me that 3 kids would qualify as a “large” family — maybe 4 on…) But raising a family is what I think I would like to look back on, of people that are good and giving back.

I met with a couple that was married over 50 yrs and asked what they thought of this generation and they both agreed that kids are more spoiled than ever and they thought it was mainly bc as she put it “you cannot split a pie exactly even 5 ways” referring to the 5 kids they raised, but all of our kids only had 2 of their own and it is a very different child that develops with everything split exactly in half versus the children that have to pitch in, help the family struggle and learn early on that the world does not dole out fairly shared slices… So my view is more about the type of family dynamic we would have as a larger unit, nothing religious really (we’re catholic but everyone in our family is saying for god’s sake stop now and keep working to enjoy life more…)

Well, we’re certainly learning about life not being fair with this experience and now my husband possibly having to look for a new job. But we’ll still be one happy family and when all is said and done I do hope one large family crammed into a too-small house bonding to fight our way in this world together and caring for each other 🙂