Posted in Other Ramblings

Well, I still haven't gotten to that Josephus entry for Jennibelle, but I will...  The end of the month is always a crazy time for me.  Anyway I needed to take a break, just to say:

THE RED SOX WON THE WORLD SERIES!!!!

So I thought I would share this cute poster that Little Miss made for the last game.  I thought it was very clever:



Now, in all honesty we are not huge sports fans at my house.  Nevertheless I think it is impossible to grow up in New England and NOT love the Red Sox!  It goes together with Mom and apple pie - and of course hating the Yankees.

Anyway, I was watching the beginning of the game with the girls and CPG said something that got me thinking.  She said "The Red Sox are the best team ever!"

Now, anyone who has grown up in New England will tell you that while we do love the Red Sox, we have had more than our share of heart break over the years!  86 years of it as a matter of fact.  That all changed in 2004 though when the Red Sox won the World Series then.

So, here's the thing - to my kids their earliest Red Sox memories are of them winning the 2004 Series and here they are again just 3 years later doing it again!  So they think of them as this amazing team.  Whereas the rest of us "older" folks, we remember the years of heartbreak.  So we spend the season with bated breath, cheering them on, but waiting for them to break our hearts yet again...  What a different perspective my children have! 

People point to computers and cell phones and all the other ways the world has changed in just our lives.  But I think that this is also an important way that the world has changed in just the past few years.

There is of course a lesson to be learned in all of this.  I am still trying to completely formulate it in my mind.  But I am pretty sure it has to do with accepting every day for what it is and not letting the past cloud your judgment of the future.  Kids seem to be naturally able to do that.  Maybe we could learn something from them.