Motherhood came early for me in the 70’s. By the time I was 24, I had well surpassed the 2.5 quota of kids having had four children. I must have missed out in the family planning section of Home Economics, but I loved being a mom. Except for sleepless nights and my blouses smelling faintly of baby burps, I felt I had found my perfect occupation as a wife and a mother, and I let my little “l...