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People are not only concerned with the high cost of bottled water to our wallets and the environment, but also the low quality. Here is what New York Times columnist Bill Marsh had to say in a recent article: “Those eight daily glasses of water you're supposed to drink for good health? They will cost you $0.00135 -- about 49 cents a year...
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Raising a large family is both rewarding and challenging but always worth it. Large families are unique and interesting. Here are interviews with everyday mothers of large families in which they share their best tips and savvy advice. If you are a mother of a large family and would like to be interviewed, please contact Editor-in-Chief Shiloah Baker. {The Baker Family is featured above.} |
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Before I met John, I thought 4 children constituted a large family. Since he is number ten of twelve children, my idea of "large" changed when we met.
The moment that, for both of us, changed the desire for a large family into a conviction that we should allow God to plan our family size happened before we were married. We had a godly pastor and... 
Well, to be honest one child was the result of a failure to communicate on birth control choices. Am I allowed to write that? No really, we always knew we would have a large family, at least 4 children.
I was raised with only one sibling, and I always felt like someone was missing. I had decided before I met my husband that I wanted a large family of biological and adopted children.
My husband and I grew up in the same small town. We were both raised with memories of bare feet in garden dirt, bream fishing in a pasture’s pond and hot, humid summers that included mosquitoes... 
Funny story...I did not want kids in high school. My husband is from a family of 15 and he wanted 8 kids. We never really decided to have a large family. My grandfather was one of 23 kids and my...
When people wonder at the size of our family, I always say, "If you met my husband and kids, you'd know why I have such a big family." It's just that we all work together very well... 
Both of us are from larger families, and both of us are the babies. We both grew up with lots of nieces and nephews around and have both always loved children. Before we were married we always talked...
Our first child was born before we were married. We actually got married three weeks AFTER she was born, and then about 4 months later I found out I was pregnant again.
I started out in a small town in Nebraska. I was the oldest of two children, and my sister was only 15 mo. younger than me. My mother stayed home with us until I was about eight. 
I'm a Minnesota native who grew up in St. Louis Park and the oldest of 4 children. My Mom was a SAHM before the term was coined. My Father started out as a computer engineer... 
I was born in a Navy family in 1960, the eldest of 4 children—1 boy and 3 girls. My mom is from California and my dad from Alabama. They met at a navy base in California... 
My father was born in Europe and escaped the Holocaust in Poland as a young adult, working during the war in Germany using false papers. He is a scholar of Jewish texts, now retired.
I am the older of two children, with a brother who is two years younger than me. I was born in Central California to Connie and Richard Renfro. My father worked for the county as a civil engineer. In my mind...
I was born in West Texas to a Mormon mom and a non-denominational dad. Talk about conflict! My mother took us to the Mormon church every Sunday, alone, all of our growing up years and that had a HUGE effect on how my belief system...
I grew up in Southern California, with one brother and one sister. My father is an engineer and my mother occasionally worked as a real estate agent or babysitter. She was always available when we were home. 
I was born in California, near San Francisco. We moved, a lot, like every year or two. My parents were into flipping houses way before it was hip. I’ve lived all up and down the west coast: California, Oregon, Washington...
Meet LisaAnn Young: I grew up as the oldest of three sisters in beautiful Colorado. I've lived on both the Front Range (Denver area) and the Western Slope (Grand Junction)...