Boy or Girl?

Hello my little one,
        Your mommy says that this week you will grow to
be the size of an orange!
        Tomorrow your mom and dad will go to their
doctor and she will use a special camera to take a good
look at you.  Part of that picture might tell if you are a
girl or a boy, so everyone is excited.
        Does it really matter?  Of course not! We just want
you to be healthy and happy.
       But this is a world of "compartments" and humans
seem to need to put things in categories to be able to
understand them. For instance, it is hard to tell the gender
of a newborn baby.  So mommies dress little girls in pink
and other feminine colors to indicate that her baby is a
girl.  Boys get blue. Isn't that so silly?  You may be a
baby that likes purple or orange (those were your
parents wedding colors).
      When I was a little girl even our careers were decided
by gender.  Girls became homemakers/wives or teachers or
nurses.  Boys became policemen, firemen and were
"bosses" or CEO's of all big businesses. Girls wore
dresses with sashes and boys wore pants.
      But all that has changed in my lifetime.  Girls can be
CEO's or astronauts or doctors.  Boys can become
dancers or nurses or stay-at-home dads. 
      So, tomorrow when we find out if you are a girl
or a boy - don't feel that you are compartmentalized.
Life is a stage without walls and the play is all yours
to create any way you want it!
      Love, Grandma Sharry