Sunday, October 2, 2011

Forty-Two Pairs of Shoes



My grandson was born a closet full of clothes, toy box full of toys and forty-two pairs of shoes.

Everyone talks about the progress of babies born with joy and excitement as they await the arrival. When a girl is, in our 'have' society, we focus on the many, many cute items you can buy a lot more than boys. So we tend to go overboard and buy way too much. In my case, grandchildren, so that it became a daily challenge to ensure all wearing apparel and footwear before he grew out of them. There is a subtle, continuous kind of pressure on their parents to make sure all clothing and shoes were worn at least once. These are the items that were open at baby showers, sorted and stored away. When I first saw the list of goods, there are a few gift bags full of things yet to be sorted and stored.

My mother was born 10 years before the Great Depression, he was amazed to meet my grandson for the first time and see what she wore - blue jeans, t-shirt long-sleeved shirt, striped stockings and a pair of leather boots - for 3 months! She mentioned to me several times because, as her children, when they leave, usually dressed in a sleeper (a common baby wear during that time), how the lack of available choices as a mother too busy to spend valuable time changing their babies. This is her world as a mom, a significant difference between these two generations, approximately fifty years apart.

the choices available to parents of my grandson, at first, made ​​me very uncomfortable. I was a little upset (and so are they) on what could be regarded as surplus -. Imbalance between the amount of clothing and footwear, their daughter got for her complete inability to appreciate anything for

Then I read an article in a newspaper of national girls in China.

I was reminded about their culture, especially in rural areas, trying to conceive and birth is the boys. Their solution to the situation when the girl was born to kill, or at least, to leave her. My immediate response revulsion and anger has been replaced with deep sorrow that any society would feel their survival is dependent on the birth of boys, only boys. Their culture requires a strong successor to the family of workers, both roles is open to young girls. Later in life, the girl becomes more and more expensive to maintain and continue to bear the costs when it dowrying marriage. For our society, and are not acceptable reasons for this form of cultural genocide, we can not imagine living in a society that will allow and even encourage, this horrific practice.

One of my friends have adopted one of these thousands of abandoned girls - a few years ago. Her new daughter, came to his family with nothing - certainly not forty-two pairs. But the joy was brought to their household can not be measured, and it is now firmly entrenched in their new society and still be welcomed and worshiped, everyone he meets.

So, what about the forty-two pairs of shoes? Do they symbolize the culture of excess, or the culture of love?

First of all, the trend of registering for baby shower gifts, holding a large baby showers, and the demand for another level they either bought or will buy for us and our new baby is part of our culture. We accept that we in the sea, but we did anyway.

Second of all, we know the child and parents will never use all the items they receive, but still overbuy. After all, who can turn away from those cute little reboks or Nikes? Again, this is part of our culture to our kids 'fashion' a reflection of ourselves. They must look good.

However, I submit, but these actions are part of our culture, it's really not about material goods, we can not afford to buy and provide for our children. It's really not about image, how parents introduce their child into the world. This is not even on the number of shoes. It is a fact that we are able to do that we need money to provide those material things for our children. We wish them the very best, we want our children to be showered gifts to show our love and concern, not only for them but for the parents who gave birth to them.

Although, as a society we can welcome our new little girl with material things, we are blessed to be able to do so. Should we continue to celebrate their arrival in any way we want. After all, it is a celebration of the arrival is not an exaggeration. And no matter how few or how many pairs of shoes waiting for their arrival, they are certainly worth a lot more.

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