Repeat

When our kids were little I was often interested to see that the first time we watched a movie they seemed only to be paying a little attention. They would sometimes wander in and out of the room.

Now I realize that probably the wandering was a symptom of their anxiousness about the story. In order to cope with the scary parts leaving seemed like a good tact. (Our daughters children put their hands up on their cheeks and keep watching. Sometimes patting their cheeks in the really exciting parts.). But they too like watching movies repeatedly.

Now I have to confess, or share depending on if you think it’s ok, that I too like watching movies repeatedly. You know good chic flicks that turn out well with very little violence or swearing or real anxiety in the story. Ok there can be tension but since the it is not my first time through it is ok. Movies like Jane Austin stories, or The Lake House, or While you were sleeping, or Guernsey literary and Potato Peel Society, and and and and.

This is not really a new phenomenon. But I can now understand in ‘these’ days that it makes sense. The news stories often bamboozle me with issues, facts, actions, plans, and ideas that take my breath. Some that bring tears to my eyes or turn my stomach. I need something no matter how trivial is sure to turn out ok. No double endings like on Waynes World, or a flip switch at the end where the good are really really bad. (Too much like the news).

How about you? Do you watch movies that challenge you and leave you hanging out somewhere and then reel you back in to a mostly happy land. I like movies right now in particular that make me really relax and happy.

So don’t judge me.

God abide, sweet dreams. Bobbie Giltz McGarey -04/30