So. I'm a woman of a "certain age", as they say and yes, I love the Twilight Saga. I also love Harry Potter. My favorite movie is Mary Poppins. Quite honestly, I'd prefer to watch a Disney movie most days than anything else. I like the Discovery Channel. I love to learn new things.
I love a cheesy love story. I love watching a show that reminds me of what it's like to be innocent and care free. I enjoy it all. Of course. . .I take criticism. From EVERYONE. People make fun of me. A lot. I've been trying to figure out, for a while now, why it is that I prefer the more "childish" things in life? I think that I've finally got a pretty good grasp on it. I want to have what I never have had.
I want that innocence back. I want to feel light and airy. I don't want to watch anything that brings me MORE stress and anxiety. I want things to be simple. I like to feel that inner joy at the simple pleasures of life. I want it to be. . . .simple. I want to pretend that things aren't all wonky and painful and stress filled.
I like watching Bella fumble through her life because, well, I fumble through mine. I like watching her fall in love with a man who is kind. Honest. Traditional. Chivalrous. A VIRGIN!! I mean, yeah, okay. . .so he's a vampire, but if that's the part that you're hung up on then. . . .GET OVER IT!! It's a sweet love story that has drawn me in and made me wish that I could have met a man like him when I was 16. Instead, I met my first husband. Enough said.
I like watching Mary Poppins love on those kids and teach those parents to pay more attention to them. I like that she's "practically perfect in every way". I find it comforting to think that someone out there truly, deeply, honestly and without ulterior motive loves a child. I wish that I had that when I was a child. Instead, I got my step-father. Enough said.
I love watching Harry Potter learn that he's more than just the "boy under the cupboard". It makes me warm inside, every single time I watch the scenes that are at Christmas time. The true unadulterated joy on his face reminds me that there IS peace in the world. I find comfort in the fact that Harry is okay without a family to call his own. I feel renewed when I watch the friendships between all the kids in the films. It gives me hope that, in the end, we can all find a place to "fit in" and be accepted, even appreciated. Just the way we are. Right now. Today. It reminds me that my strengths might be your weakness and vice-versa, but that we all have a part to play. I just wish that we could all stop COMPETING and start working together, for the greater good. I wish that I had had friends like Harry has. Instead, I get. . . .well. . . .NOT Hermione. Enough said.
So, yeah. . .I watch kids movies. I FEEL them with my whole being. I read kids books. I live them through the pages. It brings me joy. It brings me peace. I find comfort in them. I find them reassuring and uplifting. So, go ahead.. . . .make fun of me. I don't care. Perhaps, they're feeling a void in me. One that can't be filled any other way. I'm okay with that.
Take a deep breath. . . . it's just another day in Perfect!!!!
I love a cheesy love story. I love watching a show that reminds me of what it's like to be innocent and care free. I enjoy it all. Of course. . .I take criticism. From EVERYONE. People make fun of me. A lot. I've been trying to figure out, for a while now, why it is that I prefer the more "childish" things in life? I think that I've finally got a pretty good grasp on it. I want to have what I never have had.
I want that innocence back. I want to feel light and airy. I don't want to watch anything that brings me MORE stress and anxiety. I want things to be simple. I like to feel that inner joy at the simple pleasures of life. I want it to be. . . .simple. I want to pretend that things aren't all wonky and painful and stress filled.
I like watching Bella fumble through her life because, well, I fumble through mine. I like watching her fall in love with a man who is kind. Honest. Traditional. Chivalrous. A VIRGIN!! I mean, yeah, okay. . .so he's a vampire, but if that's the part that you're hung up on then. . . .GET OVER IT!! It's a sweet love story that has drawn me in and made me wish that I could have met a man like him when I was 16. Instead, I met my first husband. Enough said.
I like watching Mary Poppins love on those kids and teach those parents to pay more attention to them. I like that she's "practically perfect in every way". I find it comforting to think that someone out there truly, deeply, honestly and without ulterior motive loves a child. I wish that I had that when I was a child. Instead, I got my step-father. Enough said.
I love watching Harry Potter learn that he's more than just the "boy under the cupboard". It makes me warm inside, every single time I watch the scenes that are at Christmas time. The true unadulterated joy on his face reminds me that there IS peace in the world. I find comfort in the fact that Harry is okay without a family to call his own. I feel renewed when I watch the friendships between all the kids in the films. It gives me hope that, in the end, we can all find a place to "fit in" and be accepted, even appreciated. Just the way we are. Right now. Today. It reminds me that my strengths might be your weakness and vice-versa, but that we all have a part to play. I just wish that we could all stop COMPETING and start working together, for the greater good. I wish that I had had friends like Harry has. Instead, I get. . . .well. . . .NOT Hermione. Enough said.
So, yeah. . .I watch kids movies. I FEEL them with my whole being. I read kids books. I live them through the pages. It brings me joy. It brings me peace. I find comfort in them. I find them reassuring and uplifting. So, go ahead.. . . .make fun of me. I don't care. Perhaps, they're feeling a void in me. One that can't be filled any other way. I'm okay with that.
Take a deep breath. . . . it's just another day in Perfect!!!!
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