Yesterday I had lunch with my friends Eleanor and Chelsea. Somehow we got on the topic of having children (I'm secretly convinced that Chelsea, who is getting married this summer, steered the conversation with brain ninja skill) and I told Chelsea of the fact that when I have children I want four boys, and no girls. Chelsea was first shocked by this statement and then told me a story about her fiancé's mom who really wanted a girl, and was upset when she didn't have a girl and now her fiancé feels bad about it. But we're all glad Philip is a boy. She told me this story so that if I did have a girl I would think of Philip and how he felt because Chelsea didn't want my little girl to feel like that. My response to her? "I'm not gonna be upset if I have a girl, I'll take whatever God gives me."
Just for clarification: I'm 19 years old and not dating anyone, let alone pregnant. Talking about having kids and hearing Chelsea's story made me think about other aspects of my life and how I should have the attitude of "I'll be happy with whatever God gives me" so from now on, I'll be trying very hard to look at things with this attitude.
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