Someone asked me the other day, as part of some polite chit chat at one of our forced socializing events here on campus, whether I could imagine my life if I had not had Jackson. Without hesitation I said "yes." She was apalled and did not hide it very well. I quickly tried to cover my tracks, but in thinking about it I can indeed imagine my life if I had not had Jackson, simply because I had a long adult life before I had Jackson. I had a really good life before Jackson and I have a really good life now.
Is it completely different? Yes.
Could I have lived a happy and fulfulling life without having Jackson? Yes.
Am I happy that I have Jackson? Absolutely.
It seems I am very unPC about my devotion to motherhood. I should have said "absolutely, not; I can't even remember my life without him." What a weird world.
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Not wrong just unusual. Since I had my kids so early, I can't imagine what my life would have been. Have I tried, darn tootin.
Kim was born near our first anniversary date, and I've been a mother for all of my adult life. I cannot even imagine never having been a mother, but I don't doubt that most any couple who have never had kids are very happy indeed.
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