i VOW...

day 56....

...what a great day...i should probably mention my 8 year old niece spent the night at my house, so instant smile right there as i wake up to her face :)...then i started the day off with a rousing day at the BMV (yes get excited, or maybe not)...that was just the beginning...then we made our way to Jersey Boys (& if you have not seen it and it is near you, go see it NOW!)...then we ate at a Leb. (Lebanese) restaurant, which was yummy, snaps for the Grapeleaf Express in toledo...then we left & went to Target (love), then we went to a coffee shop (& we all know how i feel about coffee shops) to listen to some jams...then we rounded out the evening with a movie..."The Vow"

...hell yes i am going to talk about this movie...i LOVED it...if you get a chance to check it out, please do, it was raw, emotional, & just awesome...being that it was inspired by true events, gives us (all, male or female) hope that we could find that person who vows to be there through it all & even loves us enough to walk away...

(SHALL I SAY SPOILER ALERT!)  

...the point after channing tatum has tried several times for rachel mcadams to remember the love they have & he is at her sister's wedding...& he says, "how do you walk away from a girl who you love." & he lets her go b/c he knows he needs to do that for her, for her to rediscover who she is...

...later when she shows up to ask if he knew about her dad cheating on her mother...& is that why she separated herself from her family...he looks at her straight in the face & says yes...she asks why he never told her, & he replies by saying i wanted you to remember how much you loved me but not in that way...& after she says she can't imagine not being with her family at this moment in her life, he tells her to go...again even though his heart is being ripped apart again & she is right there in front of him & he wants her to stay, yet he lets her go...

...after several months...she runs into him & after everything he takes her back...he was willing to let go & wait (which is probably one of the hardest things to do), and then he takes her back, not with any anger or regret but a smiling heart...

...kind of fitting; i had posted many blog entries about all these topics, only to end my week with going to a movie where each one of them gets touched upon...knowing when it is time to hold on & fight for her/him, fight for an us... but at that very exact moment knowing you have to & when to let go, even when to let go would mean you are destroying yourself, but at the same time saving the other person (truly a selfless act)...holding on to hope, and waiting for something that might never happen, but knowing if that person happens to show back up you are willing to risk it all again for quite possibly one of the best experiences in your life...

should you go see it, i think YES, should we believe in it, well (as my mother would say) it was inspired by true events, so MAYBE!

<3 CS