"'Boys have better stories,' I told my mom in frustration." As a little girl in the 1950s, I felt that keenly as well, though I didn't use those exact words. But feeling it, I wanted so, so, so badly to be a boy. Thank you, Lord, that I was born so long before liars would start confirming that I really, truly, was a boy. And thank you, again, on behalf of my six children, none of whom would have been born.
"'Boys have better stories,' I told my mom in frustration." As a little girl in the 1950s, I felt that keenly as well, though I didn't use those exact words. But feeling it, I wanted so, so, so badly to be a boy. Thank you, Lord, that I was born so long before liars would start confirming that I really, truly, was a boy. And thank you, again, on behalf of my six children, none of whom would have been born.
That is a powerful story, Anne! I wonder if you think stories have changed for women since then, and in positive or negative ways?