I’m sure that was a relief.
“[C]hildren are a blessing, even when they’re noisy and unruly and … some day they will grow up to pay for your social security and medicare and possibly defend our homeland, and, even better, display God’s glory in whatever vocation God calls them to.”
“America is a lot bigger than I thought. It takes longer to get from one place to another and people are different in different parts of the country. Some places are almost like their own isolated countries, and I’ve met people who I never ever would have met and been exposed to ideas that I wouldn’t have been exposed to otherwise.”