I just read an article (thank you Yahoo) about a couple in Arkansas that just gave birth to her 17th child - 17th!!!! What?! Who has 17 kids??? And there are only 2 sets of twins. I am just so flabbergasted. (People should really use that word more often.) My god. I just don't even know. That is a boat load of kids. The woman is only 40 and the kids range in age from 19 down to the one born today. Apparently they are fairly well-known, esp. after a discovery health channel program about them. They are from the mid-west (weird) and are God-fearing (strange I know) and have a huge, 7,000 sq. ft home or some such huge farm. AND they are debt-free apparently (which really blew my mind). I guess this guy is a former State representative or something. The most shocking thing about this whole story is that the woman has been pregnant for 10 years of her life!!!!!!!!! 10 YEARS PREGNANT! And she's only 40 - that means a 1/4 of her life has been spent being totally pregnant and all things that go along with it. I cannot imagine. Not only that, but they have no plans on stopping! They want more!
I always wanted a big family, but this is beyond my comprehension. I cannot even fathom.
I mean, best wishes and all that, and if they are a happy family that's great and all... All I ask, is why oh why did they insist on giving all of their children names that begin with 'J' ? (I'm just not a huge fan when parents name all their kids with names starting with the same letter... but 17?!)
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