Third time's a charm

I had the pleasure of conversing with this precious lady at lunch yesterday with my mom and Colton. The three of us had ordered and they had gone to find us a table while I waited for our order. I was sitting by these two sweet ladies on the bench and overheard their conversation about the restaurant and I chimed in. We got around to children and when she confirmed I had one on the way she asked if it was the first. I told her this would be our third and she said, "Can I share some words?" I said most definitely. She asked, "You know how 2 was 10 times as hard as 1?" I nodded. She said, "Well, I don't know why but going from 2 to 3 adds no more trouble so I could rest easy." I thanked her and their order number was called so she left the bench but winked and said it would be wonderful. This is not the first time I have heard this from seasoned women. The first one was Angie Jacobs- she confirmed that when her third came into all our lives.

I have been thinking through this over the last day and wondering at it. David and I have joked about how with one we had double coverage and now we have man-to-man coverage --what will prevent look like? But as I have processed these women's words I realize I may have been already practicing because I am often outnumbered. So their words are encouraging and do help me 'rest easy'.