Our girls have finally noticed that our family is different from other families. I knew this day was coming but I thought that it would be a few more years. Yesterday we were all in the bathroom while I was fixing hair and Natalie said to my, "Why is our family so different from the Wynn family(our neighbors)?" We have been having discussions about modesty and they are noticing that not all families have the same strict rules as we do. So we talked about that for awhile and we discussed why it is important to be modest no matter what other people are doing. Even if it was everyone we know, than the girls still need to protect their bodies because their bodies are for their husbands.

Then Caylee told me that she wants to go live in the Wynn family. She thought it would be fun to be in their family. I did not mind that she was thinking that because I feel like it is a normal part of development for a child to see things that are different in other families and want to experience those things for themselves. I just mentioned all the people in our life that would miss her because she would not be in our family anymore. Like both sets of grandparents, friends a bible study, homeschool friends, Grandma Ann, Mrs. Jones and more. After that she decided that our family was not so bad.

I thought the discussion was taken care of but I told Asher about it after dinner and he wanted to talk about it further with Caylee. We asked her questions about her thoughts on the conversation earlier and she told us. We let her know that she can answer honestly and we will not be mad at her sincere feelings. I feel like we were creating a safe place for her to be able to come and discuss anything that is in her heart.

Her wanting to live in another family did not seem to be an issue because she truly does love our family. I think it was more of a passing fancy. The issue that Asher was more concerned about addressing was modesty. He realizes that protecting her purity is his job and he takes that job seriously. He told her that it is his job to protect her physically, emotionally and sexually. Of course she didn't know what sexually was but he told her that he would explain that more when when she got older. He told her that pretty soon she was going to start liking boys a lot and they were going to start liking her a lot. But there are only two men that should be in her heart that she needs to think about. Her future husband and her daddy. She does not have her future husband yet so right now so if she ever feels like she needs some luvin' she should come to her daddy. And he will give her mushy kisses on the cheek and and big squeezy hugs. She really liked that and promised that she would.

I am so glad that Asher is taking on the job of protecting the girls' purity and it makes me love him all the more when I see him give the girls heart to hearts.