I stopped what I was doing and looked at him," and did Uncle Ben tell you why women have no place in the military?" Jonathan paused, reflected and looked rather confused. "No," he admitted. "Well, I'll tell you. You don't send the best of society out to die in battle."
The lessons have continued with the emphasis on opening doors for girls, the need to protect girls always, carrying heavy loads for their sister. Caroline had been hit by a boy at church once and I asked Jonathan why he hadn't beat the kid up for that. He responded that the kid was really big and he would have been dead to challenge him. I let Jonathan know for future reference that he better have a bloody nose and a busted lip trying to defend his sister or he'd be answering to me and Dad later.
Charles has been soaking all this information up. Yesterday we stood in the yard reflecting on the weeds and some other grass issues in the front lawn. He asked me a question about it and I replied that he'd have to talk to his Dad about that as I didn't know the answer. Here's his response: "Yeah. Girls don't know much, but they are very special."
