Rebel Girls

This weekend, we went to pay respects to RBG at the Supreme Court. As the huge crowds had dissipated, it was easier to notice the small, tender moments -- a mom with her son laying roses and a card made of yellow construction paper; little girls with handmade drawings and notes, one wearing a t-shirt that said 'be your own hero', another in a lilac dress with a little white purse full of pebbles she wanted to place on her poster for RBG. There was a little girl wearing a black robe with a white lace collar and glasses, her pink sandals peeking out. The girl and her mom took pictures on the steps of the Supreme Court to mark the momentous moment. Her mom whispered something in her ear as the little girl listened intently, then walked away, mom's hand gently resting on her daughter's shoulder; my girl and her friends cried at the sight. There was a beautiful Washington Post article by Mark Shavin on Saturday about how his daughter Naomi, when she was 5-years old, wrote a letter to RBG and asked her, "Have you ever made a mistake?". RBG wrote back to her, "Yes, I have made many mistakes, but I try to learn from them so that I will not make the same mistake twice." Naomi was invited to visit RBG at the Supreme Court. Imagine the impact that RBG has had on Naomi -- and continues to have on so many young girls - as they come in their little black robes, and in their pink tutus, and in their wonder woman t-shirts, and pay their respects with flowers and painted stones and notes that read: "I'll be a rebel girl like you."