Is a baby a blessing even if the mother dies after childbirth?

[Bostonbutterfly]

I feel terrible for this man:

His wife passed away and left him with quadruplets. He's been a single father for like 8-9 years now. Those babies deserved to have a mother, they didn't deserved that tragedy. Are those babies still blessings?

[Anonymous]

Absolutely. I have three children with my girlfriend and I love her and them with all my heart.

Truthfully, I cannot imagine the pain if I lost my girlfriend. She gave me these three little gifts and I would always be grateful. Yet, there is no doubt it would hut to lose her but it would not make my children mean less to me.

Indeed, in a way, they would be living reminders to me of the love my girlfriend and I shared. If anything, I would treasure my children that little bit more for what they would represent to me.

Happily, though, I have a healthy happy family and I would not change a thing.

[AviatorTom]

A newborn child is always a blessing, regardless of how they came into the world, no matter what happens in their family.

[Anonymous]

I am going to have kids via surrogacy and be a single father by choice. I have the money and education to raise kids on my own. I don't know his situation, but he's probably poor or something.

I don't need a woman's help to raise my kids. I know I'll be a better father on my own.

[Bostonbutterfly]

Good luck with your decision and wish that future child a great life. Though I still believe a child needs both parents to be taught different things and learned the great things out of both.

[OlderAndWiser]

@Bostonbutterfly Agreed!

[OlderAndWiser]

Would it better if his wife died and left no babies for him?

[Bostonbutterfly]

It would've been perfect if she would've survived and the babies wouldn't be lacking a mother. That man needed his wife and those kids needed a mother.
It's not fair what happened to him. I understand he's been trying his best but I'm sure there are things a mother can be better than a father.

[OlderAndWiser]

Yes, life is full of unfairness. I;m sure their mother could do some things far better than dad, despite his best efforts, just as dads do some things better than moms. Bottom line is that babies are almost always better if the have both a mother AND a father.

But that was not the question. The question asked whether the babies were a blessing. And the answer is "yes." It doesn't compensate for losing a wife, and the babies are at a disadvantage, of course, but they are a gift from God.

[Anonymous]

Yes.. Though your question suggests that you see moms as more important than fathers, which is sad. The children deserve both parents.

[Bostonbutterfly]

I actually see both important, which is why I believed it wasn't fair what happened to that poor dude. Those babies still needed their mother. Destiny played a bad, dirty fate. There are things a father can do better and things a mother can do better. Only one parents doing everything is a struggle.
Those poor babies will never have a mother.

[Opinion Owner]

No disagreement here then. Its tragic, but at least they get to have a life and a future, which is in my opinion a blessing.

[Anonymous]

It is not a blessing in any case, that is why I am against abortion in all cases.

[Bostonbutterfly]

I didn't said anything about abortion. I just feel terrible for that poor man. Those babies (they must be 8 year-olds by now) grew up with a mother, an important figure in the household.

[msc545]

All babies are a blessing.

[ButthurtGAGpeople1]

Nope