Archives for February 28, 2010

Last night, YaYa crawled into bed beside me.  My computer was busy downloading The Time Traveler’s Wife as I tidied up a few entries.  YaYa asked me to read my post from March 21st, 2007.  There are two: one before death, and one after.  After I finished, he asked me to read the post from March 21st, 2008.  And then…he asked me to describe the final minutes of his dad’s life.

As you might imagine, there was a bit of discussion that followed.  Time and tears got the best of us and I did not watch the movie last night.

I began watching the movie today.  Yes, on this gorgeous day, I watched segments of the movie between breakfast and church, shopping and laundry.  I must say, I’ve there has been a lot of tears shed in the process.  Like many of the movies I see, I bring a different perspective to the experience.  For the 3rd time today, I stop the movie and let my mind process the thoughts it has provoked.

Think about what it would be like to know your future: to know that someone you love more than anything in the world was going to die, or to know that you were going to die.  Can you imagine? [Read more…]