Sometimes It’s the Little Things that Can Be the Hardest….Paula

It’s a question most of us have been asked a thousand times and have probably asked it ourselves when meeting someone new… “Do you have kids?  How many do you have?”  It should be an easy question to answer, but at least for me I always have to think about it for a second.  I think to myself do I give the easy answer? “Two boys!” or do I give the simple honest answer “Four” and hope they don’t ask more details or do I give the detailed honest answer “Four, I have two boys, ages 12 and 5, and a son and a daughter that passed away” and then have to deal with the questions or sympathy.  Most days it’s not a problem but sometimes I’m just plain too tired to deal with giving the detailed honest answer.  When I avoid that answer though I always feel a little guilty like maybe David and Angela, our two Angel Babies, will feel like I don’t love them as much as our other two.  It should be a simple question but for me it’s not.