I think I must be pre-menstrual. I am a do-er, a mover and a shaker. And I am still in my pajamas. So is Lucy. Emily is only on her fourth outfit. MQD is out of town and I am trying to RELAX. I am not particularly good at relaxing.
We had chocolate milkshakes for breakfast. There will be no exercise in this house today, I don’t think. It is pouring down rain. I am itching to paint our bedroom but I am relaxing, dammit.
A movie. We will watch a movie. A movie will keep the constant “Mom, do you know why…” questions at bay, right? And Lucy will eventually nap if I sit in the rocking chair with my boobs out long enough. And then I will definitely start relaxing…
A League of Their Own. Great movie, great message, not starring a single Disney star…. a perfect afternoon. “Mom, why do they have to wear a dress? Those girls are playing baseball but they don’t have to wear a dress, do they, Mom?”
“No, honey, they don’t have to now. But remember this movie is about the first women’s baseball team, and a long time ago, remember everything wasn’t very fair.”
“Ohhh, so Martin Luther King Jr said girls can wear shorts when they play baseball?”
Not exactly. Every injustice in the world that has been righted was due to MLK in her mind. “Em, if it is still raining after this movie is over maybe we can watch a documentary about Martin Luther King, Jr? There is one on Netflix,” I said.
She smiles and hugs her sister. I start to get a little misty and think about how I am maybe too hard on myself. We are raising these girls up just right.
“Or we can paint my nails?”
Yeah. I almost forgot we were relaxing today. The nice thing about a history lesson is you can always do it tomorrow. I mean, it’s history. It will still be there.
Excitement on the side 
There’s no crying in baseball!
Immediately Em asked me “Is this where you got that from?” I, of course, lied. “No. It is a universal truth.”
“The nice thing about a history lesson is you can always do it tomorrow. I mean, it’s history. It will still be there.”
This may be one of my favorite epigrams you’ve ever written. And now I want to watch A League of Their Own.
:) oh man… To be honest, Josh, I was rambling on and when that sentence came out I was all Boom! Blogpost Done! Thank you.