Thursday Thoughts.......My Baby Burden

I ran across this article "The No Baby Boom" today. It struck a cord with me. 

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/the-no-baby-boom-2503225/

We have 5 children and we did take the vasectomy route. I have a lot of mixed emotions about it.

• We didn't do it because of money.
• We thought I needed to be there for my kids in life threatening problems.
• Did we trust too much in the doctors and not in GOD?
• I will never hold another one of "my" babies again.
• Our 5th one is our last.
• Adoption is an option but, are we willing? Only 1% of infants/crisis pregnancies result in adoption. People say "adoption" all the time and never adopt! 
• Was this really GOD's plan? Did I interrupt it?
• Population is decreasing.
• Less Christians are having babies but other religions are moving into countries and populating it resulting in spreading their "gospel".
• I do enjoy time with my husband alone, (which is easier when they are not babies).
• I do not have "the worry" of getting pregnant......(sad to say, I'm just being honest).
• We do have a tight budget but GOD always provided.

Did we do the right thing? I don't know.
Just being real..
~mom