Lady: Sweet as Icing with a Touch of Spunk

If you’re like me, I still don’t like the word lady.

“Young lady.”

“Sit like a lady.”

“Dress like a lady.”

“Ladies don’t take belch, slurp, or take big bites.”

I made that last one up. But doesn’t it seem that we are always told to be a lady by someone reprimanding us? Who wants that? Ladyhood stinks.

femininity quote gloves

That’s what I thought when I was a teenager, but secretly, I would have liked to have been a real lady back in the 1800s, when a woman really did run a household and being a lady meant you were married to a gentleman. I loved in the movies when women wore the long white or black gloves to their elbows, their hair pulled back and smartly dressed with gemmed hairpins and clips.

Similarly, I love the genteel manners of Southern women, who drawl words sweeter than iced tea, but underneath the calm is a passion tamed and controlled. Have you ever listened to a country song? You don’t mess with Southern women!

But that’s kinda what I love about being a lady – the ability to keep your emotions in check when you need to, and the ability to be grace and charm until the situation allows for you to cry like crazy and punch some pillows. Too often I see women, young and old, refuse to bite their tongues and shoot daggers at people, and think they can get away with it under the guise of being transparent.

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control. – Galatians 5:22

Self-control.

A lady keeps her temper in check.

A lady doesn’t allow her emotions to control her actions.

A lady is direct, her words sweet as icing with a touch of spunk.

That’s the kind of lady I’d like to be.

Comments

comments

**Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.

Bethany Jett

Bethany Jett loves sipping coffee and jamming in her planner while raising three boys with her college sweetheart Justin.

June 7, 2013

You May Also Like…

If You Want to Date My Son, Part 2

If You Want to Date My Son, Part 2

If you're a veteran of Florida Christian College youth events or a past attendee of FCC or Johnson University Florida,...

If You Want to Date My Son

If You Want to Date My Son

Future girlfriend of my son, We are not a typical family. Dating is not a casual activity. Our boys are brought up to...

Understand Your Dating Boundaries

[guestpost]I am a featured columnist with Choose Now Ministries. This is a post I did a little while back on dating...

1 Comment

  1. Shella

    What’s up it’s me, I am also visiting this web site on a regular basis, this website is really
    good and the visitors are in fact sharing nice thoughts.