[bcoffey]

The "belly" posts were wonderful!

Life is meant to be lived fully.. "lustfully" - in the right sense of the word. But there are many people who think the goal in life is to turn men into "nice little boys" and women into "dutiful, faithful servants." Oh well.

[valleygal]

I just read the best book, "Wild at Heart", by John Eldridge.

God made boys and men to be wild at heart and society is trying to do just what you said. He talks about the wounds men receive early on from fathers or others (I think he's a psychologist). Great book for men and women, especially mothers of boys.

The main premise of the book is men were made for adventure and they need a beauty to rescue (and some other stuff but I can't remember all of it. ) Guess I'll need to read it again.