Butt-Ugly

I have a new granddaughter! That's for anyone who hasn't already received five million photos and gushing emails about how beautiful she is.

And....I have learned something amazing, which is pretty amazing considering how many years I have been on this earth and been a wife, mother, grandmother, friend, etc. Men really don't see new babies the way I see them, or maybe the way any woman sees them!

I got the same exact response, same words even, from several different men, including one of my own sons! Do the words, "butt ugly" sound familiar? I mean, I laughed out loud when I read them and heard them, because they obviously came with heartfelt appreciation for my joy, but really! Even the baby's own father, in the beginning, not any more, were, (to my rushed questions about what does she look like) "She looks like a baby. She has baby hair, baby eyes." Now, I suspect, from the number of photos he has sent me, and which I crave, he has long since figured out that this particular baby is nothing like all other babies. She is spectacular, amazing, miraculous!

Anyway, in an attempt to understand this phenomena, the butt ugly part, not the spectacular part, I have gone and gazed at my granddaughter's photos for long minutes. Trying to see how anyone could view her differently than I do. I know there are ugly babies, I've seen a few, but not this one! And honestly not many. I think it may be that men first observe the way something actually looks while we, women that is, observe the feelings inside of us.

I see something warm and soft and cuddly, a new human being with infinite possibilities who is still absolutely new and pure. Trying to step back and actually just look at that little creature before me, I'll admit the sparse hair and almost invisible eyebrows would not look that great on a full grown human being!

But butt ugly? Come on guys, where did you ever come up with that phrase when you see babies? (and quite a few did!) ;-)