When Will I Be A Girl?

One of the sadder events of 2017 was the removal of “nap time” from our daily schedule. After Christmas break a year ago, Jacob had determined that he was now a big boy and like everyone else in the family did not need an afternoon siesta, little did he know that the biggest of us all would love to siesta. Anyway, with this change in daily routine my “down time”, “alone time” and “lunch break” were taken away. I used this sacred time to at least once a week to sit and contemplate life, record the chaos of our home and process thoughts and feelings that come along the way. So with the absence of this sacred time blogging about Tracy’s Thankful Moments have not happened. Thankful moments have occurred, less often I will admit when I am not actively looking for them & recording them. So, before 2017 has come to an end I want to record a few.

One day early in the year, during the time of potty training, while Jacob was playing with Sarah I hear this conversation from the other room:

Jacob: When will I be a girl?

Sarah: (laughs) You won’t be a girl, you are a boy?

Jacob: Do you have a penis?

S: (laughs) No!!!! I am a girl!

Later that day at dinner asking some female at the table…

Jacob: Do you have a penis?

Mom: No, she is a girl. Only boys have a penis.

Jacob: Heavenly Father will give you a penis when you grow up and then you will be a boy?

Mom: Uh...That is not how it works.

Then on to having a family discussion at the dinner table able the eternal nature of our genders & identity. We definitely have an observant little thinker on our hands!