So sorry to back track like this but I'm new to blogging and wasn't quite sure how to go about this last week. I not sure how much I can promise coming out of this week either but I'm sure things will get better as we progress throughout the semester.
Jumping back, I really enjoyed the documentary we watched discussing the effects of the decline in global birth rates. Aside from the information that was presented on how the shrinking birthrates will effect the world as a whole, I find it interesting, and sad, to think about the societal shift in values which has had to have occurred in order to allow for such a dramatic change. Not to long ago it wasn't uncommon to come from a family of 5, or 6, or 7, or more, and now, if it seems as though it's plenty to have two, and if it could be one boy and one girl, well, that would be just perfect,
I'm not saying my wife and I are planning on having a huge family by any means, but I dunno, maybe we will. I think that what's most important is that rather than having some predetermined number of children and preferred genders already decided upon, you have the mindset, "Come what may, and love it," (Come What May, And Love It, Joseph B. Wirthlin, General Conference, October 2008) regardless of the timing or gender in which they arrive.
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