I have been on my own since I was 17 years old and made my own choices in life including hand picking my friends and family.
I decided at the age of 17 years old that I would not have any children of my own, I would either adopt or help to raise my spouses children, reason ; this was my contribution to the world, not to over populate it.
At times in my life I looked back at this decision with regrets then I realized that I may have not been able to love my step children and grandchildren as much as I did, if I would have had my own children, so I have NO REGRETS about my choice.
I did my best to help raise 5 step children and I currently have 8 plus grandchildren that I love very