Radio Netherlands Worldwide

I found it SO FUNNY to log onto this site and see that the person before me said *exactly*, word for word, what I'd planned to say, "Cry me a river!" Listening to Susan Robinson's essay read in her weak, meek, tremulous little girl voice, I think it may be a good thing that she is infertile, and too selfish to adopt, because parenthood takes strength, grit and fortitude, not to mention humor. She sounded so pathetic . I found it difficult to listen, let alone have sympathy for her. If she spent half the time she spends on feeling sorry for herself doing something actually worthwhile, she'd get on with her life and find the fulfillment that she seems to think ONLY making a baby can bring. PULL-ease, Susan! Pull yourself together and GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE! If you want so badly to parent, there are thousands of worthy children living in squalor, without clean water, enough food, shelter, education, without the love of a parent, the love you purportedly claim to have so much of. Parenting ISN'T the creation and birthing of a child. It is every single moment afterward.