Several of my children have gone through a learning-to-talk stage where their speaking skills and their forming of proper consonant blends can’t quite keep up with their desire to communicate complicated material. 3 year old Gabrielle—appropriately nicknamed Gabby—is my current struggler in this department. Her immediate family understands about 98% of what she says, but other people are sometimes hard pressed to understand her.

But Gabby doesn’t let that get

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are so very wise and smart. If you haven’t yet read all the comments about family size, NFP, and being open to life in the thread below, go do that now. I particularly like the underlying theme of God not sending just babies, but the grace we need to go with them as well. Here’s what Mark wrote:

The kids have taught me so much about God. My 5 year

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