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by PAM
Okay... so I am officially an 'old lady'! Hooray! 😉🎉
I used to pass the time, or take a break from work, scanning clothes or shoe stores, or scanning songs in record stores, or checking out new restos, or adding to my Precious Moments collection. Lately, however, I'd rather just stay being cozy in bed. I feel tired... exhausted, even! 😫 I simply do not have the energy to do the things that I used to do... I've become really boring and 'uninterested' because all my braincells seem to be overloaded with concerns... that aren't even my personal concerns! I feel like I'm living the proverbial "spinster's life"! 😐I'm not in the stroking-the-head-of-cat-while-in-my-pajamas phase yet, I must say, but that's only because I am a... dog person. 😂
So, in bed, I stay this Sunday night. But then, I may have become boring but not completely so, that staring at the ceiling still drives me insane. So, I had to do something without pushing my braincells to overheat! Solution: movies! The feel-good ones... naturally, Hallmark movies come to mind. And, boy, am I lucky... 'cause I found one that really warmed the heart. The movie was "The Last Bridesmaid", and it starred the talented and lovely, Rachel Boston as Becca, and Paul Campbell as Kyle. It's a very well-acted TV movie. The editing was good, too - short and snappy, but it seemed long enough to have that natural development of character, and the natural blooming of feelings between the two leading characters. Or, I guess the actors were just very good, especially Boston.
"Or, if you spend all your energy looking for something so specific,
you might not recognize it (love) when it arrives."
The story was simple. Becca, the 10-time bridesmaid-never-the-bride gal, was set to inherit a thriving Accounting firm from her retiring parents who built it from scratch. With her focus and determination, everybody thought she fits the bill perfectly... until she met this wedding videographer of an inspired and inspirational artist, Kyle. They were a very unlikely pair, until the kind and optimistic Becca, empowered by Kyle, found herself boldly letting her love and natural talent for jewelry designing and making come through through all those layers upon layers of Accounting Firm owner forced coat. The naturally talented film maker, Kyle, in turn was positively influenced by Becca to allow his film making genius shine forth. It was a lovely movie... it wasn't an "Out of Africa" sort of a film, but it was enough to make being lazy in bed worthwhile. I enjoyed Boston's Becca... her fashion sense, pretty face and stance, and her projection of this composed lady under pressure.
Sweet... but too short! Therefore, a second movie is in order!
I luckily found another one by just clicking here and there, and I am glad. The movie is called "Hearts of Spring", starring the talented Lisa Whelchel as Carly - single mother, florist and a Mom blogger, and the versatile, Michael Shanks as Andy - single father, pediatrician and an accidental blog nuisance to Carly. What caught me the first time was what Carly said about flowers, in which she quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson, "the earth laughs in flowers".
Andy (Dad) to Troy (son): "When did you get so smart?"
Carly (Mom) to Sadie (daughter): "You've grown up to be an incredible person,
and a really great friend."
At about 1:20:00, my tears were flowing non-stop. And, it's a 'Mom-and-Pop' sort of a movie... a TV movie, too, at that! Didn't I say 'old lady'? And so, it's been perfect! I saw in the movie what I am experiencing now... that you can learn many very good things from young people - if you just open your mind - and heart, too - to what they have to say and what they wish to share on matters that involve them in the first place. Sometimes, when you are open enough to accepting the validity - and wisdom - of their experiential learning, it might just add to your own learning as well, making you a better person.
I may not be a parent to fully understand what the movie was trying to impart to parents out there, but I can relate based on what I have been experiencing with 'my kids' at School. Those beautiful kids who make learning - about life - to be such a wonderful experience for me - addictive even... that I keep thirsting for more.
So, yeah... we do not have to always struggle for sophistication in the things that we do and prefer. We just have to know what we are looking for... or, at least, open to what life has to offer, and believe that every single life's 'package' that comes our way has a value... we just have to keep scratching the surface, and work our way down to the heart of it, until the heart reveals that grain of an invaluable gem of a message that can enable us to continuously transcend ourselves until we become what God has willed for us to be.
My rating: If you have time to spare, these movies are worth your every minute.
My rating: If you have time to spare, these movies are worth your every minute.
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Video credit: Thanks, YouTube, for the links to the movies.
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