Intro - Through The Eyes of an Old Flame There is a point in family life when it's possible to go from "having kids" to having "a lot of kids". It happens, usually, between child number three and child number four. Three kids is normal. Lots of families have three kids and no one thinks twice of it. If, however, they are over-achievers and decide to have one more child, people no longer say that they have kids. They say they have "a lot of kids". I was the member of our family who put us over that line from kids to a lot of kids. I'm the fourth child. Things happen when you have a lot of kids. Part and parcel to multiple children is the unfortunate likelihood of misplacing them at times. You know... kind of just forgetting where you've left them. I know this. I was left at church three times before I was five years old. Don't panic - my dad was the Pastor so they were bound to come back and find me eventually. (I didn't