Sunday, June 8, 2008

The French Open

This really is a random thought but I had to post it.  I was watching the women's final of the french open yesterday.  It was a close match with two women who were basically unknown and had never won a Grand Slam.  One of the women had never been to a final in the French before but was having a phenomenal couple of weeks, the other had been to the Final before but not won.  Toward the end of the match one of the women was down and serving to try to come back, a baby started to cry.  She turned around and shushed the crowd, I loved it because the commentators said if only it were that easy to quiet a crying baby.  So the baby gets quiet and the girl goes to serve, right when she throws the ball up the baby starts to cry again.  they stopped the game to take the baby out!
  Can you imagine being that mother?  That had to be so embarrassing to be singled out and having to take your baby out on international TV.  To me this was a moment that tied all mothers together.  No matter what country you are from, how much money you have if you are at church or a prestigious sporting event it could happen to you.