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Does Personal Narrative-Do We Really Have Kids?

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“So many of my Young Life girls have asked me why I don’t have kids yet and I always laugh it off with the same answer: ‘Oh, I’m too busy doing stuff with y’all to be worrying about having kids.” Molly and Stan met in high school through a youth outreach ministry that both of them are still involved with. This program has several different branches, the main one dealing with high school aged kids. Doing that kind of work has only made them want kids more, but has also served as a positive distraction. While they are caring for, hanging out with, and mentoring these students, it is difficult to imagine also having to take care of an infant. “I feel like Stan is called to be a father, but I’m just not sure that I’m called to be a mother.” This is a thought that Molly L’Hoste has had racking around in her brain for many years. Molly and her husband, Stan, have been married for eight years and desperately want to have children but, unfortunately, have been unable to get pregnant for quite some time. When I walked into their house it was obvious that there were no little …show more content…

She shrugged her shoulders and twisted her mouth to the side before replying, “There’s always adoption.” Molly’s job is basically making sure that high school kids feel like they matter and that they are cared for by someone. So it comes as no surprise that she would be willing to give the same amount of, if not more, love to a child with no one here on Earth who truly cares about them. As we were wrapping up the interview, Stan pulled in to the driveway a vehicle packed full of energetic teenagers, fresh from soccer practice. We could hear them walking up to the door, chattering and laughing the whole time. Anticipating the boys’ arrival, we watched the door as it opened and they poured inside. Molly looked at me, smiling, and jokingly said, “Well, back to

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