When I was on the fence about having more children, I sometimes would Google photos of families of the size I was considering. When we were considering having a fourth, I would search “families with four kids” and try to picture our lives looking like the photos I’d find online.
Recently, a woman told me something incredible: Late at night, she was up late doing something similar and searched, “Should I have a fifth child?” She came across an article I wrote for Deseret Magazine several years ago about our decision to have a fifth. She was influenced, and that fifth child arrived several months ago.
Another woman recently messaged me and asked, “Have you read Hannah’s Children?” This mother of three shared with me, “I am in my own personal struggle of making the decision to have more. My heart wants. I am enjoying this book sent to me by a friend of four.”…
