Around three months ago, I got a call from my wife Pauline. She was frantic. She was crying. "I don't know what to do." She was pregnant with what would be our fourth child. She was pregnant only after a few months of giving birth to our third child. With all the strength I could muster, I talked to her as calmly as I could, saying I would be home soon and we could sort it out. On the way back home though, it hit me. Hard. I thought and worried about escalating tuition fees multiplied by a larger factor, an ever-expanding household, how we won't be fitting in our current family car anymore, and my ability to be a loving father to four children. I was worried also for my … [Read more...]
