“How will I ever love another child? I love Alicia more than anyone else
in the world.” This was the question
that I asked myself at age 22 when I found out that I was pregnant with my
second child, Brandon. How our first
child even survived the googolplex of kisses that I planted on her is a mystery
to me. Experiencing the love I had as a
new mother gave me a pounding heart and a depth of feeling that I had never felt
before. Thirty seven years later at the
age of 59 I remember those feelings with fondness and now have a greater
understanding of how broad and vast our ability to love is.
Grandchildren,
another new feeling of love! I’m
experiencing a crazy, out-of-control loving feeling for my grandchildren! How can this be possible? What an amazing feeling? My heart is pounding again! It’s hard to
believe that our fourteenth grandchild will be born within the next two
weeks. Our quiver is already full of
grandchildren, but I can guarantee that we will find room for this next child
and many more that we hope to be blessed with. I love being in love with them. And would you believe that all 6 children,
foster children and thirteen (so far) grandchildren have endured all of those
kisses? What is a googolplex times 24
children? It doesn’t get much better
than that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great grandchildren? My lips are puckered and my heart is pounding
already!
Renee Starr, California Mother of the Year 2013
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