tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315122152878888464.post6527294365483523272..comments2009-03-20T22:56:44.800-04:00Comments on Some of My Other Random Thoughts: Softball Moms (& Dads)Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649785222746456308noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315122152878888464.post-16487787366125905952009-02-22T20:46:00.000-05:002009-02-22T20:46:00.000-05:00Ooooh, painful. This kind of thing is why Mary's o...Ooooh, painful. <BR/><BR/>This kind of thing is why Mary's one and only organized experience (other than school) is Judo. Judo "Sprouts" specifically, which involves a lot of situps, pushups, running, learning to follow directions, belly crawls, bear walking and general physical fitness. (Although watching her tiny, flexible self do forward somersaults and backwards somersaults, I have wondered if I am depriving the gymnastics world of something special. )<BR/><BR/>Do I need to tell you that you all are, of course, not bad parents? That not getting an entirely pink and monogrammed ensemble doesn't reflect badly on you? And that it's possible that one day, when you are attending the unveiling of her award-winning "Ballfield" rock and plastic sculpture exhibit/world's longest single-arch aqueduct/symposium on Zen pebble gardens, you'll laugh together at the recollection of poor brilliant 5-year-old, trying to play T-ball while her inner genius was focusing on something much more important?JGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812906367424720600noreply@blogger.com