Old Wives Tales

If you have an account on Facebook, you have probably been accosted by the "25 Random Things about Me" chain-posting going around. I have refused to respond, but my wife posted one a day or so ago. In it she included the following two items:

• The last time I wanted children was when I was 10. Doing Children's Theatre consistently for the past 15+ years makes me see both the beautiful and the ugly in children. But I have been asking God to change my heart if Todd & I are supposed to have any.
• I don't cook. I can, but I don't like to waste my time doing something that will be gone in 5-10 minutes. I'd rather make something that will last for a lifetime. Now, I will, however, bake.

Now, neither of these items were a surprise to me. Shondra makes a mean Mac and Cheese, and can do wonders for a frozen pizza, but if I want a good bowl of red, it's up to me. The kids issue I've discussed in previous posts.

One of her Facebook friends saw the list and posted the following: "...learn to cook! It's so rewarding! Then you might change your mind about having children."

At first, I just laughed. Cooking = desire to have children. Hilarious.

Shondra wanders around the house barefoot all the time and that hasn't seemed to have much of an impact. I guess barefoot = pregnant does not hold true.

Back to the cooking equation, though - I enjoy cooking, and I do want to have kids. That's a bit weird. Maybe there is something to it.

Honey... let's make some dinner together tonight. :)