Boys

Living with boys. My boys were sent outside, again. They are just so loud and jumpy. They want to run, scream, wrestle, - all the time. It can seem crazy at times. Where do they come up with this energy? What would life be like without boys? It would be quieter and peaceful, maybe. Boys are loud, but girls can sure be drama queens. Girls have a lot more attitude and I think that is sometimes harder to deal with attitude than the loudness. The loud boys can be sent outside to happily run off their energy. The attitude can go outside, but it still looks ugly.

I love my boys, I just wish that they could discern appropriateness. Just like Ecclesiastes says, "for everything there is a time". I mean its good to wrestle - when you're on a wrestling squad. It's great to urn - when you're on the track team. It can even be fun to scream - when your at great game or in a screaming contest. My boys just haven't learned the right and wrong times. I thought of putting them in sports soon, to give their energy a place. Jorge is a year away from AAU Basketball. It starts with first grade, but do I really want to add that to my schedule? Games, practices. Saturday stuff. I'm sure we could manage and Jorge would also enjoy himself so much. Still too early for Jeremiah.

I want to focus on the great things. The love my sons have to give. The way they love me as I am without having to give them something in return. I think that's another boy/girl difference. We women tend to love somewhat conditionally. Or shall I say "express love". We still love our husbands when they mess up, we don't always show it. But men tend to just love. They can't always explain all the reasons, but just because they do.

Jorge (the dad) was just as bouncy as a child, and he's not bouncing off the walls now. He does tend to tap is fingers or his foot a lot which drives me nuts. So I guess there's hope that I won't always have this loud of home. I'll try to focus on the great things about boys, and the wonderful men they will become.

Now I know there are probably some of you who have one of those perfect boys, you know the one that is quiet, attentive, and never gets into mishchief. Well you can disregard this, or better yet remember this post and realize that your case is unique. Don't judge mothers of rambuncious boys because theirs don't behave like yours. Realize they are doing the best with the way God has wired their boys and you do the best with the way God has wired yours.