No Regrets

Unity

Many of you who have been following me on twitter and who have read my blog are aware that I have been craving to have another child. My strong willed husband has been against this for over a year now. There are many reasons we should stop at three children. Money, housing space and health concerns. All valid reasons not to have a fourth child. I mean, honestly, I do have my hands full. I must be crazy.

But something interesting happened this weekend. My husband's mom came into town to visit. She is an old-school Italian woman. More stubborn in her ways then my husband. We started discussing babies and soon I was expressing how I was aching to have a fourth child. Everyone in the room rolled their eyes accept one, my mother-in-law. She said something that hit home to my husband. " Never have regrets. You never regret the children you have in life but you may one-day regret the children you didn't have."

The next day, my husband expressed to me he was now OK with us having a fourth child. He said, he didn't realize how bad I wanted another child and never wanted us to have regrets in life.