Stop Asking How Many Kids I Have

Lswanberg
3 min readJun 26, 2022

The question that is the equivalent to a gut punch

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The question is innocent enough you would think. I have always dreaded small talk and even more so now for this very reason. Without fail someone will always ask if I have children and follow up with:

“How many kids do you have?”

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Lswanberg

Everyone has a story to tell. This is mine. Writing about my life and grief journey hoping it helps others along the way.