SoCS August 12, 2017 – Guess
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “guess.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy! – Lind G Hill
Guess! Is my daughter going to have a boy or a girl? I don’t know. They don’t know either. They didn’t want to know. They want to do it the old fashion way.
Back in the days when my older sister started having babies. Her first one was a boy, so was the second one. She wanted to have a girl, so she went on to have the third child. The third child was a boy also. She finally stopped and stayed on contraception. Ten years had gone by, and that year she couldn’t afford to pay for the contraceptive drug. She got pregnant. It was a beautiful girl. What a delightful surprise.
With technology, we can make a prediction of many phenomena, experiment outcomes, or business developments. In personal life, many situations are unpredictable.
We cannot guess with an accuracy of what tomorrow will bring. We face them as they come with acceptance and positive attitude and handle them the best way we can.
The Showers of Blessings 
Not knowing makes life an interesting adventure. 🙂
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I agree, JoAnna, know too much takes the fun and excitement out of life. I prefer taking it, knowing it little bit at a time!
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I’m so happy to hear that there are still people who prefer to be surprised by whether their baby is a boy or a girl. Back in the ’80s when my older son was born, they were only beginning to predict the gender from ultrasounds. I preferred not to know, but my then-husband pestered me, wanting to find out from the ultrasound technician whether it looked like he was a boy or a girl. I reluctantly called her, and she said she thought (“90%-sure”) it was a boy. And, we were both excited to have a boy. In the ’90s, when my now-husband and I had our first child coming (a daughter), we decided not to find out, even though the technology had advanced much more for guessing the sex before birth. I was delighted when she was born – we both were hoping for a girl! – and I even asked them “are your sure?” when they announced it. Silly!
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Yes, technology takes so much fun and excitement out of our lives. Everything seems to be mechanical, mathematical, and became a checklist. I’m glad Mercy and Will keep their excitement until the baby arrives and be surprised and thankful! I feel blessed with kids like them. They only got their first cellphone 18 months ago without feeling odd among their peers!
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🙂 Happy for you!
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Thank you!
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We might have a chance pass by Seattle after Christmas, taking ferries to Port Townsend, then Victoria BC and spend new year there! Still in the initial stage of thinking!
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Oh, how lovely! That sounds like fun.
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We did that route once. In fact, we missed the ferry going to Port Angeles, so we rushed to another ferry that took us to Port Townsend.
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🙂 An adventure!
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If we go again, I hope we won’t miss the boat!!
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… you’ll probably be busy, but if you have time for a cup of coffee, I’m happy to meet up in Seattle, Miriam!
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Teresa, we’ll keep in touch. It would be our vacation anyway, so I don’t think we would be under time pressure. I have to wait and see if we are going that direction for sure!
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Of course! I’ll keep the timing in mind! 🙂
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You would be the first blogger friend I meet in person!! Yea!
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Yay!
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I hope my husband would go with the plan!
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There was always a sign at hospital in maternity unit saying: please do not ask the midwife about the sex of your baby! Some people did ask, but we did not, we preferred to have it a surprise. And it really was!
And it really happens with all people I know including me; if their first three born babies are boys, the fourth is girl!
Wishing all the best to you and your daughter!
Nahla
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Thank you Nahla. I’m glad to hear that after three boys, will have a girl. Yes, Mercy and Will are keeping their exciting and wait for their surprise!
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I like your daughter’s name. In Arabic; it is Rahma and it’s very popular!
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Oh, thank you! It’s not an American name. My name is not an American name either.
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I like your name too! it’s simple and has a similar spelling to my daughter’s ( Mariam) which is Mary in English.
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I like the name Mary. Your daughter must be pretty.
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Yes, she is!
Thank you
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You’re welcome! I;m happy for you!
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Thanks again
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🙂 🙂
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Part of the joy, to me anyway, was the surprise 🙂
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Exactly, Margaret! What is the surprise, anticipation, and gratefulness if we know everything already? Thank you for your comment!
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My pleasure Miriam 🙂
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Thank you, Margaret!
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Some things are best left at ‘guess’ rather than knowing!
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You’re right. We may not be able to handle it, if we know everything.
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Too true. Xx
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🙂 xoxo
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