I stepped outside and felt the warmth of the sun as it swept across my face. I wandered to the end of the driveway, opened the wooden box and pulled out a pile of mail. Thumbing through it I looked for desirable material. Once again, I was greeted with Cabela's, Riflemen, and Bass Pro Shop magazines that never stop coming. Oh look, here's something addressed to me from the NRA. I don't remember joining the NRA.
As I re-enter my abode I place the stack atop the growing pile on the kitchen counter. I have been forbidden to throw them away.
From the kitchen I step into the family room where I stumble upon colorful piles of lego's, which had been abandoned, but am assured by the screams that echoed from above the culprit is not far away.
Walking up the stairs my eyes fall upon, a bionicle arm, a hot wheel car, and something that appears to have once been a transformer.
These subtle reminders of the male population that inhabits these walls are as unfailing as the assurance that the sun will set in the west. And yet, I remain a sane, content, and a mostly cheerful, wife and mother.
I have four males that have taken over my home. A home which I strive to keep as feminine as I can under the circumstances. Here are some ways I have subconsciously attempted to keep the masculine influence in my life at arms length.
1. I collect fine china
2. I love fresh flowers in the house
3. I read Jane Austen novels
4. I own a collie
5. I love tea parties
6. I have Sandra Kuck pictures hanging in my bedroom
7. I wear mostly feminine looking clothing
8. I light candles
9. I have had magazine subscriptions to, Martha Stewart Living, Victoria, and Better Homes and Gardens.
10. I married a man who hunts, races RC cars, tinkers in the basement with RC cars for hours, and participates in competitive shooting
Oh wait, that last one doesn't count does it?
It is remarkable how God made male and female so different, and yet, they can be so compatible. We compliment each other and show forth the diversity of our Maker.
So despite the fact that I don't always UNDERSTAND the male population of my home I do TRY to appreciate our differences.
...and PLEASE, don't forget to put the seat down!
Actually this is the Admiral. I guess Susan has been using my computer. Keeping the seat down is the law on this ship. The Admiral doesn't leave them up and neither should anyone else. And that's the Admirals law not the Captains.
ReplyDeleteHowever I don't get the candle thing. I want to light I want to burn them but the Captain keeps blowing them out. She seems to think that we will burn the ship down if someone isn't watching them every minute they are burning. I certainly hope that wanting to light candles isn't showing some female side I don't know I have.
Personally I would love to start a gun collection but have never thought it was worth the price. I prefer to go sking and eat at fancy little egg restaurants in old houses. I just hope I can like those things without having to be a woman.