This Second Daughter Was Really Enjoyed!

Oh so nice message here. I enjoyed reading it.
This was when I had been to Bangaluru some 48 years ago. I stayed with family of my mother's tution master all kananadikas.
The lady of the house called loudly "vasantha". I was expecting a sweet girl of 20 +. From upstairs a voice heard "barthënï" ( coming) A lanky thin boy came down.
A while the lady of the house called "Rāmá" when I expected a boy of 18+. But it was a girl of sweet 18. Actually vasantha is alias for vasanth kumar and Rāmá alias for Rámyá.
I asked the lady why boy called by girl's name and daughter called by boy's name. She responded saying that they expected daughter but it was boy and second one they desired boy but it was girl.

 

Girl child is the most precious one in my mind and I consider everyone who has been blessed with at least one if not more of girl children, I will consider them as blessed. My brother and I were born in our family with no sisters. My wife and I have one son and my wife is the only child to my parents-in-law. My prayers to the Lord is to bless my son (whenever he gets married) only with daughters so that I can experience spending time with granddaughters and buy a lot of pink stuff.

I remember seeing a photograph of mine dressed like a girl (when I was 2 years old) as my mother longed a girl so much. But missing a girl child did not deter us from loving all the girl children we came across in our life.

A 7 year old girl came with our maid 22 years ago and we were told by my maid that she has no parents and she is raising her as her sister-in-law and her husband passed away when she was young. She called both of us "Appa and Amma" since she was young. We loved this girl so dearly and helped her graduate. She got married and has a lovely daughter of her own (8 years old). But every time we go to India, she spends time with us and we help this family a lot. I feel very blessed every time this girl calls me "Appa". She truly loves both of us like her true parents.

 

Vow @hrastro this snippet made my day.

I am a mother of 2 little daughters. Frozen sisters Elsa and Anna are in the making....they are slowly and steadily becoming the reason for my existence in this universe...I sincerely prayed to god that the first one should be a girl baby and when the doctor announced the gender, I was overjoyed......She is my friend, my cheerleader, and my everything...

For the second one, I was fine with either gender girl or boy till 8 months. I have even selected names for both... I accidentally (the biggest mistake of my life) saw Gargi movie and was depressed for a few days... that changed my perception altogether. I now wanted a boy badly because the probability of a boy getting harassed is much less than that of a girl, a boy can go wherever he wants even in the middle of the night, a boy doesn't have to bear periods pain every month, no need to undergo labor pain, no need to multitask etc...so many thoughts blurred me from reality and I believed it was a boy even while the baby was coming out....The doctor announced, I precisely remember her tone at the delivery table,' It is a girl baby ma' and I wondered how come? Why did god do this to me? How will my younger daughter survive in this nasty world? 2 girls means double the efforts to safeguard them..what will I do? One thought put all my other skeptical thoughts to rest that moment, 'This little girl has chosen me as her mom and I will stand by her now and forever

I was skeptical of whether my family would mention a boy and was prepared to be overprotective right from the day I stepped out of the hospital. I was hyper-vigilant and was in over-defensive mode when people came to meet her. I can't hear 1 single word against her...But her arrival was and is celebrated in the family. She is considered a lucky charm of the family as my sister's marriage was fixed 1 month after her arrival...When I came back to the location of the posting, all my relatives in my home town cried requesting me to leave my darling with them for some more months as they will miss her terribly...Our WhatsApp group is filled with her pics and videos..

Fast forward, it's been 7 months ever since my darling came into my arms and my life has changed in ways I could not comprehend..I joined back to work recently and I can't wait for 3 hours (from 9.00 AM to 12.00 PM) to run 2 km in the hot sun to see her in my office creche. Her smile when she sees me from a distance is worth melting for. All my pain (both physical and emotional) miraculously vanishes when I touch those little fingers..Her babbles, and screeches fill my air with love and peace. I sometimes feel like a warrior who will protect both of my daughters no matter what. I only pray to god that I should not die before they reach adulthood and a state where they are independent and can support themselves.

My second daughter is celebrated, loved, cherished, and of course, enjoyed!

 

I enjoyed reading this befitting response from you.
The days of son or daughter first - thought is almost getting diluted with higher awareness of education freely available to many daughters too and they contribute now from being top echelons of big multi nationals. First or second daughter means nothing negative nowadays.
Here the baby in hospital bed on seeing Maradona with the world Cup

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I am the second daughter but I never felt that as my family treated me nicely and all my wishes were fulfilled. After reading your snippet only I realised I am second. Usually first one is very quiet and second one is opposite. My elder sister is God fearing and always thinking of God. We are just the opposite. I love everything and have so many wishes also.which were fulfilled. Have friends all over the world.
Though she is very good she always appreciates me and now in the evening of our life as I spend more time with God she says
You do.so much for God I should do pranam to you