Four children 4 and under

If you would have told me when I was younger that I would have four children under the age of four and half I would have laughed at you. I would have become hysterical if you would have told me that three of those children would be under 18 months of age. That's right...two years ago I was pregnant with my second child. I went from one child to four in 2 years. My 18 month old was a surprise albeit welcome, pregnancy but even more of a surprise was when she was 7 months old and I found out I was pregnant again.

I had become one of those women I judged and whispered about. "Don't they use birth control? Did they plan that? What were they thinking?" Now I know, accidents happen and perhaps there was no thinking involved.

10 short weeks later I found out that I was carrying what they call spontaneous twins. Twins that were conceived without the help of fertility treatments. I could hardly believe it. We had only planned on having three children and were now going to have four. This is just a small glimpse into how my life did not turn out at all how I planned or expected it. The good news is that I have learned that just because life isn't what you expected doesn't mean it isn't or can't be great. The challenge is finding joy in what you have been given and making peace with any decisions you made that got you there.