Mama-Mia..the movie that is based on the songs of ABBA. I love it! Each time I have seen it, I catch more of the words, and love it even more! I am sure, never have I been to a theater to see the same movie three times ever before in my life! So..what is the attraction?
Well, there are great songs, women in their 50's and good looking men! And then there is the scenery, a Greek island - beautiful clear blue water, a rustic charming inn and LOVE - Love between good friends, and love between lovers. How can anyone resist it?
Bruce may have resisted going to this movie, but I know that he would have gone with me and that he would have enjoyed it! (OK, maybe not as much as an OCeans 11 or whatever the number is!, but he would have gone with me!)
He and I had been to see the musical downtown Minneapolis the summer of 2005. I don't remember much except that we were in the back of the long mainfloor auditorium. The songs are really infectious. And as I have listened to the CD I jsut HAD to purchase, I find that the words of these songs are speaking to me. "OUR LAST SUMMER, I can still recall" - yes I remember quite well our last summer - and especially with photos that I have taken, am transported back to that time. Knowing nothing about what lie ahead. Thank GOD. As I watched the movie for the third time, these songs spoke to me - on a different plane. Love, Remembering what we had, wishing we had it still. I mentioned this to my sister-in-law, the last person I saw this movie with. She knew what I was talking about.
Bruce loved to watch movies, at the theater and at home. I always wondered what the big attraction for him was. (besides settling into a horizontal position, relaxing and doing nothing ,sleeping on and off and maybe staying awake until the final credits) I am sure he watched 3 times as many movies or more than I did. Now I really know.I am transported for a moment to another life. Fantasy, wishes, dreams...whatever you want to call it. If something isn't quite right in your life, you seek something more. I can't speak for Bruce, but for me, Mama Mia has fullfilled the cracks that are there, without him. Don't take this wrong, but ... Pierce Brosnan can't sing, but oh...he is so nice to look at!
LOVE - 35 years ago - on August 25 we said
I DOat 2pm on a Saturday in Jesup, Ia.
Even though time continues to move forward and my life is going on, my love for Bruce isn't aging for him, it just IS. My friends who are also widows speak of this same feeling. As if, our LOVE was FROZEN IN TIME. And, if per chance our husbands were to walk into the room, we feel we could pick up where we last left off. ODD as it may seem, LOVE is ageless, which makes it eternal in my book.
Tomorrow, I am spending the afternoon with my FUTURE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW! Lance proposed to Shayna in the middle of Central Park three weeks ago! A FALL WEDDING is being planned. A good old fashioned low-key-but-fun HARVEST themed outdoor wedding (if weather permits) is in the works. The engagement isn't going to be long. Shayna has her heart set on FALL COLOR...now selecting the exact weekend in October - (yes, you read it right, this October 2008!) is what we have in store for us. I am thrilled to be spending my anniversary weekend helping to plan OUR baby boy's wedding.
Celebrating Good Times has been my theme of the month for August. Last weekend, 50+ friends and family joined me to do just that. The weather was perfect, only one fly decided to be pesky and the full moon lit up the night sky. Yes, Bruce was with each and every one of us as we celebrated our moments with him, without him and life today. Kids swam and stirred up the pool water. A keg didn't get quite emptied, but we did sing some songs with the kareoke. It was good. Thankyou dear ones who were here with me.
Last evening, 9 other widows joined me here at the house for a FRIDAY EVENING SOCIAL. It is our once a month gathering on a Friday night. We ate, drank, laughed and visited. All was good. I gain strength and courage from these women. I pray that I reciprocate in the same way. We talk strange talk, anniversaries of deaths of our our husbands, of standing on the graves of our husbands at someone else's funeral, of deciding what to call ourselves - perhaps SOLO's, or SOLITAIRES, instead of Women Left Behind. (the name I spur-of-the-moment came up with last fall) We talk about what it is like to share a wedding anniverary without our husbands. Love just doesn't go away, it remains.
I feel blessed today.
Loving thoughts being sent out over the internet, and into Heaven to my one and only...wherever that may be! Happy 35th my dear! xo Deb
4 comments:
I am glad you enjoyed the movie. I will have to see it. And Happy Anniversary! Maybe that is an odd thing to say....but it still is the anniversary of your precious marriage to a great guy! So Happy Anniversary! Thanks for a chance to meet many of your great friends and family. You are a blessing to so many people!!....including me! Love ya!
Nancy
I can't imagine anybody NOT loving that movie - I am more than ready to see it again and it will DEFINITELY have a spot on my shelf of DVD's when it comes out! How exciting to have a wedding on the horizon! Keep us all informed!
Happy Anniversary - another special day to remember Bruce. We sure miss him. You have come such a long way in your journey and you have done it with such grace. Connie
I too enjoyed the movie and reminicing to the words of the songs. Congratulations to Lance and Shayna...the circle of life continues as love remains eternal!
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