What would I change?

My husband and I will be married 37 years in July. What would I do over if I have the opportunity? One really big thing! Let me explain;
I was 19 and he was 21. Our first baby was born nearly 18 mos. after our wedding. Which puts to rest all the minds of the guests at the wedding. In 1975 there was only one reason to be married only 6 weeks after announcing the engagement, but we had another reason. We were crazy about each other. It was the purest love of all. God had a plan for us and we were fulfilling that plan.

Two years after our first Baby, our second Daughter was born and 18 mos. after Her came our Last, and a Son. We were so happy with our young family and what we thought then was the perfect family. They grew and we grew along with them.

 Poof.....20 years plus and they were starting to leave the nest. With the first two gone and the third preparing to leave we were anticipating retirement and what the future held for us.

Putting off decisions about where we would live after retirement, (our house was much too large for just us again) we found ourselves at the crossroads and more or less had to find a solution. Our choice was to sell our large family home and build a smaller one 300 miles away. Start another new life!  It was the worst decision we could have made for ourselves. We left our friends, our children, our two Grand Daughters and the life we knew.

Now we have realized that what we really wanted was to have a larger family. Obviously three Children wasn't the perfect family. Now in our 50's we turn to each other and admit that we wanted more.

If you are making the choice to have more Children and your circumstances are such that it is a possibility, consider the joy that is held in these Children.

That my friend is my "do over".