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BUILDING NOTHINGNESS OR BUILDING A LEGACY
I’m aware that I live in a society where there is an adversity to having children. And yet, I am still surprised when I find it. At a function yesterday I spoke to a beautiful young married woman. She had a little dog sitting on her lap, and knowing she was from another state, I realized that her little dog must be very special to bring her with them.
“Is this your little child?” I asked.
Yes,” she replied. “She is my daughter.”
“Do you have children at home?” I enquired further. “Oh know, this is the only one we want.”
“Surely you’d like to have children some time,” I asked.
“No, never,” she answered. This is all we want.” All her nurturing hormones (which God has freely given to mothers to nurture babies and raise children) are being poured out on a pet.
Saddened in my heart, I spoke to everyone at the table saying, “As an older woman I’d just love to say that we as women were created for the purpose of bringing forth children. It is our destiny and the greatest blessing of life. We were made for this glory.
I thought to myself. These young couples are not looking to the future. A small dog can live up to 16 years and then they are gone. What then? I have children who are already in their sixties, and they have children, and their children have children. I have a legacy of life all around me.
Currently we have living in our home an older gentleman for whom we are caring. He has never married. Therefore, in his older age, he doesn’t have a wife or children. He has siblings (older like him) who are not in a position to care for him. And so he has no one in life but us.
Family life is the antidote to loneliness. The bigger the family, the more enjoyment, fun, adventure, fellowship, and togetherness. Plus, bringing forth babies into the world is the projenation of the nation. Without the womb of women, all life would eventually come to a halt.
Enjoy your precious babies and children today,
Blessings from Nancy Campbell
