[kakuehl]

I was just thinking, are you familiar with the term "Irish twins?" (2 children born within 12 months.) In this day and age of divorce and remarriage (and living together without marriage), there are often 2 children of the same age living in the same household (so-called blended families). Somehow people like to unravel relationships that are none of their business. I remember a family when I was teaching: dad was African American, mom was white; it was a second marriage for both of them and the children were yours, mine and ours. I remember the day Jill (the 3rd grader) was called into the office to be told that her mom had given to sibling number 13. Her comment was "They can't call us the dirty dozen anymore."

All that said, your children are your children however you create your family. You are their mothers, they are your children...