I can well understand this sentiment, because I always felt the same way and was childless until I was 48. Then the good Lord saw fit to bless me and my wife with the birth of our beautiful daughter in October 1998.
I could not have known the total joy I was missing, and I thank God every day that I have been given the great gift of fatherhood.
Like my brother (who has two grown boys) always said: "You don't know what love is until you have kids."
Of course, in my childless days I thought he was going a little overboard with that sentiment. But now the scales have fallen from my eyes and I understand.
My wish for the author of this piece is that she eventually has the opportunity to know first hand what it feels like to have your own child throw her arms around your neck and hug you for dear life.
I have one 2 year old daughter, and a son on the way in 2 weeks. I started somewhat late (mid thirties when the first child was born) and didn't think that I wanted children at all for many years...but I can now say that it is the smartest and most wonderful thing that I've ever done.
Unfortunately, her attitude is dominant among the bicoastal educated elite. They have adopted a culture of death and selfishness, and are trying to push that culture onto the rest of the country through their control of the media and educational system.
Or to sit idly for years wishing she had and suffering the consequences of her actions and realizing how wrong she was for so long.
I predict she will be a 50 something women getting invetro.
You have perfectly summed what the last 6 weeks have taught me