Sweet Girls, part 2

Being the Mom of two girls is sheer joy! I know part of the reason I feel this way is because the Lord blessed Dave and I with four boys before giving us two sweet adorable bouncing baby girls. Girls are so different from boys. They are much more different than I can even share in this short blog. Here are a few of my own observations. I am sure you could add your own list!

Our girls like to 'chat'. At the ages our boys were making 'noises', our little girls were saying words and putting them into sentences. Girls like to be 'together'....boys are more independent players, although they like contact sports and wrestling more! Our girls are very affectionate too, in different ways from our boys. They hug, kiss and snuggle more, for a longer time and a lot more often!

Girls also take a bit longer to say what they are thinking. It takes more work to get at the 'heart' of the issue. Boys are blunt. Girls are not. My girls know just looking at one of us if something is wrong. Boys get it when you 'cry', girls see it coming way before you cry. They have a 'sense' of relationships. Girls are more intuitive. Hannah is so creative with crafts. She thrives with crafts. She 'initiates' doing a craft project with me often.....those creative powers at work.

Girls are more relationship centered too. I am sure the Lord does this because they need to be glue for hubby's, babies and children. My girls now have their own rooms, after sharing a room for many years. Often they are found in the morning in one double bed, having 'chatted' long into the night, or having read together into the wee hours of the morning.

Another thing I have noticed is that my girls notice 'tiny' things. They notice the clothes in the drier, or the dirty socks sitting on the steps and then they 'do' something about it. They 'see' the baby toys on the stairs, the sink of dirty dishes, the empty sugar bowl, or crumbs on the floor. Boys just keep going usually. They weren't lazy, they just never noticed. The girls will clean up the kitchen 'just because'. And then wait to see how you respond when you see the clean kitchen! They will notice the bulbs blooming, the dark clouds or rainbow in the sky and mention it. I am sure the boys noticed all these things too, it just never crossed their little minds to mention it out loud.

My girls are 'home' centered, wanting to make things lovely for us as a family. Hannah often just makes cookies as a surprise for her dad and Caleb. Bekah will sit and play the guitar just because it sounds pretty. Hannah will come up and rub my back just to be sweet, as I cook. Bekah will call home just to say she is running a few minutes late (she doesn't want us to wonder). Girls add sweetness and depth. Hannah will get up early to play sweet music on the piano to wake up Mom and anyone else sleeping (never Dad as he is the 1st one up always---early) Babies and children are drawn to Hannah and Bekah! Why? Because they know Hannah and Bekah love children....all shapes and sizes.

Our boys were outward looking. They want to 'hunt' and 'conquer' and 'bag the deal'. Not so much our girls. They want to make life sweet and provide a 'haven' for those they love. We need both. I am glad God has given me the opportunity to be a mom of both our four boys and two girls! How creative and majestic our God is in his making of boys and girls. What a plan. What a GOD! What a JOY!

Delighting in Jesus today, Lynette