tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post694209658710704251..comments2023-11-03T07:59:43.899-07:00Comments on The Great Big IF...: A Few Leaves on the Family TreeShelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085283320884411888noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-14196089187275601882008-09-13T17:17:00.000-07:002008-09-13T17:17:00.000-07:00I'm so sorry. Yes, IF does suck. I'm an only child...I'm so sorry. Yes, IF does suck. I'm an only child too and I've longed for siblings, especially a sister, so that I could share clothes with or somebody who could play dolls with.<BR/><BR/>I hope your house will be filled with lotsa kids soon.<BR/><BR/>((((hugs))))Just Me.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12940399833566474215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-34070219800781239022008-09-13T10:13:00.000-07:002008-09-13T10:13:00.000-07:00I'm sorry Shelby - IF really sucks and it can suck...I'm sorry Shelby - IF really sucks and it can suck from generation to generation, as your post shows. <BR/><BR/>I hope your dreams of having a full table are fulfilled soon, and your house is filled with the pitter patter of little feet and all the excitement of the holidays, and everything else!Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15469466620967385694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-32971784503592779732008-09-12T22:47:00.000-07:002008-09-12T22:47:00.000-07:00I'm so sorry IF has taken so much from you. It is...I'm so sorry IF has taken so much from you. It is truly so unfair. I hope you are able to fill up your holiday table in the next years with as many babies as your heart desires. Hugs.<BR/><BR/>My parents wanted 5 children, but stopped with 2 when my dad was diagnosed with MS. Although it is not the same, it's still one of those "what if" things that we will never know.Lost in Spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027117135940864685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-2378275129867733822008-09-12T19:18:00.000-07:002008-09-12T19:18:00.000-07:00Yup! I posted about this topic recently too. It'...Yup! I posted about this topic recently too. It's lonely. My husband is an only child land I have one very isolated self involved brother so really it's just me and my husband. I did tell my husband I wanted two children. I went so far as to specify and say that if we are able to have a bio (ok 1/2 bio) baby I would want to adopt a second, but either way we're having two. He said, he was an only child and he doesn't see any need for two children (sigh).Happyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335137784267157167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-80356953123986328712008-09-12T16:58:00.000-07:002008-09-12T16:58:00.000-07:00I'm always happy to see a new post of yours on my ...I'm always happy to see a new post of yours on my google reader - even if it turns out to be somewhat melancholy.<BR/><BR/>You have perfectly reflected my reasons for making one last ditch effort to give my daughter a sibling. The feeling of wanting those connections goes deeper than I had thought would ever really matter to me.<BR/><BR/>Hang in there - the time will come when all this will make you a stronger, more resilient parent. I know it sounds like a cliche, but I guarantee it's true.Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180034761243431694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-848329641382120772008-09-12T16:40:00.000-07:002008-09-12T16:40:00.000-07:00"I can't describe how much IF has taken from me" -..."I can't describe how much IF has taken from me" - very good linefilolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07629999858697015109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-39216697834876851022008-09-12T14:44:00.000-07:002008-09-12T14:44:00.000-07:00(*hugs*) IF really sucks. I don't know what more t...(*hugs*) IF really sucks. I don't know what more to say.<BR/><BR/>This was a beautiful post.AnotherDreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487881766884178761noreply@blogger.com