The other day, at school, there was a substitute teacher in our kindergarten classroom. I happened to be in the classroom when a little kindergarten girl asked me if I could put a hair clip into her hair. I had no idea how to do this. I’d never done this before. I balked. I passed the job along to the classroom’s associate.
I am about to be in unchartered territory. Growing up, the house was always dominated by males. My Mom accommodated us, it wasn’t the other way around. Our house is going to be a 50-50 split. I can’t imagine that the living room and the play room remain filled with strictly sports equipment and superheroes. Change is on the horizon.
That being said, I am excited about having a little girl. I’m really excited, actually, and as I think about this more in-depth while I am writing, I get even more excited…goosebumps. Having a little girl will bring a whole different set of experiences that I will be able to have with her that a father and son are not able to share.
Some of the experiences that I am looking forward to more than others include:
- Showing her an expectation for how men should treat women
- Once she finds a man to marry that loves her and treats her how she deserves to be treated, walking her down the aisle and giving her hand away to marriage
- Believe it or not, I can’t wait to take her to a father-daughter dance
- Taking her to downtown Chicago to buy her her own American Girl doll
- Learning about new sports such as volleyball, women’s basketball, softball, etc. (I think my next post will be dedicated to sharing my passion for sports with my daughter)
I wanted our first child to be a boy. I was indifferent in regards to the gender of our second child. Since we found out that we'd be having a girl, I've had several people tell me how having both a daughter and a son is the perfect combination. The more that I think about that concept and the different experiences that a parent will be able to have with both his/her daughter and son, the more in-line my thinking becomes.
Come June I'll have a little girl. For the rest of my life I'll have a little girl.
