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Big families rule!

I was raised with 4 brothers and 4 sisters. In so many cases, parents have 1 or 2 and then treat them like little toy poodles. They do not learn the many life lessons that a full house brings, and they do not have the comraderie that comes with such numbers. My remaining siblings and I are quite close and most of us see one another quite regularly.

Yes they do rule. We lost Daddy several years ago, but whenever Mom comes home for a visit, everyone fights over who she will stay with LOL unlike today's family where the Mom is a nuisance. We all adore her. She and Daddy moved south about 20 years ago, several brothers followed one at a time, and I intend to the same. We all stay close, in spite of the miles. Some in the area we don't see often enough, but we are still close.

I was only able to have the one son, but he is my greatest blessing. Hoping by the time I am ready to relocate, he will too! Don't know if I could bear being that far from him.