tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643637212918782109.post7644650424706205687..comments2023-07-24T00:50:28.276-04:00Comments on Time for the Family: Openness to life does not guarantee having childrenTime for the Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913058932504799191noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643637212918782109.post-4012838869459245812015-02-24T16:30:46.698-05:002015-02-24T16:30:46.698-05:00Family of two here as well...and it's a diffic...Family of two here as well...and it's a difficult journey staying (and remaining) open when you struggle with infertility. Your words were so poignant when you wrote "We have been open to life our entire marriage, and so far the number of children God wants to give us appears to be a big fat zero." Don't all the families of two dreaming of children feel that way? It really tugs at my heart the way you wrote it though. Well done in articulating something I struggle to find words for...<br /><br />I wrote a post a while back about the comparison of the big Catholic family vs. the families of two and what is innately "good" (you can read it <a href="http://conceivinghope.blogspot.com/2014/10/good-catholic-families.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>). Love that you mentioned this concept, because it's so true that a couple never gets the public recognition (even within the pro-life circles!) that other families do. It's not about recognition, we all know that. But at the root of our yearning...we all kinda know that our families are to serve a bigger purpose. As the catechism states, it's for the good of the spouses too (and isn't that part even mentioned FIRST?!). <br /><br />Thank you for this beautiful post! <3 Conceiving Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770621765962940873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643637212918782109.post-60853365266882389142015-02-23T23:01:01.392-05:002015-02-23T23:01:01.392-05:00I'm right there with you, 10 years married and...I'm right there with you, 10 years married and still a family of two. I wrote something similar to your thoughts in a blog post a few years back (http://www.thefemininegift.org/2012/08/of-fruitfulness-and-infertility.html) and still love the quote I found from Josemaria Escriva: "God in his providence has two ways of blessing marriage: one by giving them children, and the other, sometimes, because he loves them so much, by not giving them children. I don't know which is the better blessing. In any event, let one accept his own."<br /><br />May you accept your own as I try and accept mine. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10030430757861849145noreply@blogger.com