Wow, an early picture of the way it is

Six words. That's where it all began....



"Can you come over to play?" And with his question, Walker thought a simple answer might come back. Nope. And what followed is what I saw again as the difference between men and women.

1) Walker used 6 words. His friend, a girl, on the other end of the phone then rambled for two minutes about how mom is laying on the couch, not feeling well...blah blah blah. He looked at me, confused. I told him to get used to it. Women will make their point more thoroughly and expressively than he.

2) Once agreeing to come over, I saw Walker jump into action as he ran to put on his nice clothes, thus trying to impress her. Man, I guess that begins at a young age.

3) He's never really been interested in his sunglasses. But for whatever reason, he ran to put them on, then insisted that while he waited for her to get here, he ride his bike around our driveway. I guess that's where peacocks learned to strut their feathers, by watching young boys.

4) After a few times around the driveway, he asked me why she was taking so long. Oh boy. "Walker", I said, "get used to it." "This is what it will be like the rest of your life." For now, he didn't understand.

5) Seeing her walk up to the end of the driveway he raced toward her on his bike, only to quickly pass her up and keep going down the road. Ahhh. He did the right thing. He can't really show her his excitement. It has to look like she is coming to join him in his adventure, rather than his adventure being about her. Well done.

6) Unfortunately, the scary similarities didn't end there. After coming inside to begin "sharing" their friend over a good puzzle, Miller took initiative, when Walker wasn't looking to offer another suggestion. "Mags, why don't me and you go play with Tinker Toys instead of doing the puzzle."

And so it begins. The beginning phone call to the sibling rivalry. Lord, give us the wisdom we need to train up these boys to be Godly men.....