Comments on: Waiting http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Danielle http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-846806 Danielle Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-846806 For us, there are some things money just can’t buy. We want a large family, and will just have to afford it on whatever budget we have by using frugal tactics. But the joy of a child is worth whatever we give up to have it… at least to us. We have friends who feel differently.

Congrats on your two year old.

]]> By: Fee http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66376 Fee Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:39:55 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66376 I KNOW you will be as loving and caring a dad to your newborn as you are already to your son. And I don’t even know you. But your thoughts and concerns in your post speak volumes. Please keep us posted. Best wishes to your family!

]]> By: rkyles http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66283 rkyles Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:46:45 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66283 Congrats on your brand new addition!!

]]> By: Ellen Kaiser http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66275 Ellen Kaiser Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:07:19 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66275 Parents don’t divide their love, they multiply it.
Congratulations!

]]> By: david http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66249 david Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:03:32 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66249 I was touched by how openness and honesty in your post. The fact that you are thinking so hard about these issues shows that you are ready for whatever is thrown at you. Congratulations!

]]> By: Trisha http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66244 Trisha Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:48:12 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66244 Congratulations on your new baby!

]]> By: Madame X http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66223 Madame X Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:57:05 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66223 From this and many of your other posts, I am sure you will be a great father to as many children as you decide to have. Best wishes to you and your whole family.

]]> By: nimue http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66207 nimue Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:17:43 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66207 don’t worry, you will love your daughter more than your son. a daughter is always very special for a father. ask mine ;-).

nimue, 40something and still daddys little princess

]]> By: archenemy http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66081 archenemy Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:57:30 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66081 congratulations! give your wife and new daughter a tiny hug on my behalf!

]]> By: brent http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66062 brent Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:48:06 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66062 Before our second came along I secretly wondered if I was literally going to burst from love… I mean, I already had more love for my son than I knew how to cope with… how could I possibly have any room left over for #2?

Turns out that your capacity for love expands with the requirements (like the reported “you’ll always find something to spend extra income on”).

]]> By: Jay http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66012 Jay Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:25:36 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66012 Congratulations! Best of luck to your family

]]> By: Naomi Dunford http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66000 Naomi Dunford Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:30:38 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-66000 This time last year I was in labour with number 2, so my husband and I both know what you’re going through.

May all four of you have a happy and healthy Labour Day.

]]> By: Jeanya61 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65998 Jeanya61 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:10:19 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65998 Best wishes on your new addition. Love grows as it is given away, therefore, it grows easily when there is another to love.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65985 Mitch Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:19:02 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65985 PS the whole poem is honest and sweet, worth looking up. And PBS has a recording of Williams being interviewed and reading the poem.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65982 Mitch Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:14:28 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65982

When I am sixty-three, when you are ten,
and you are neither closer nor as far,
your arms will fill with what you know by then,
the arithmetic and love we do and are.

from “A Poem for Emily” by Miller Williams, The Bread Loaf Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry

]]> By: shelvia http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65979 shelvia Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:04:19 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65979 :))) congrats on the new addition to your family. hope everything went well…

]]> By: Imelda http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65976 Imelda Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:35:20 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65976 Congratulations! Best of luck to you and your wife.

]]> By: martha in mobile http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65971 martha in mobile Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:22:47 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65971 Your post is beautiful! Best wishes to your wife on an easy birth!

]]> By: Astreil http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65968 Astreil Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:19:11 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65968 Congratulations. And, Yes, you will lover her as much as the first. I have three and I love them equally, just differently.

]]> By: Chrissy http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65964 Chrissy Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:08:59 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/03/waiting/#comment-65964 Thank you once again for sharing such intimate details of your life with us…best wishes for you and your family. Your wife and kids are lucky to have you. As a reader, I feel pretty lucky too. You share a lot of yourself and you deserve all the best. Good luck and congratulations.

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