ArizonaButterfly

I’ve been thinking a lot today about all the homes I’ve lived in during my life. We moved several times when I was a child usually. I moved to a small town when I was in 8th grade and before I left home we had lived in 4 houses. While my home is not grand by most people’s standards, it is the nicest one I’ve ever lived in and I think that’s why it hurts so much to know a relative is working so hard to take that away from me. I feel incredibly stupid for ever thinking this particular person could ever change.

Seeing The Bucket List was perhaps a fitting thing for me to do today. I enjoyed the movie a great deal. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and it reminded me to take time to enjoy the little moments in life, focusing on both experiencing joy and bringing joy into the lives of others. The fact that I enjoy both Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson certainly helped, and I’m not convinced that the roles could have been better played by any other actors. And, it’s not a sappy denial of death story or another road trip story so much as it’s a celebration of love and life through friendship. Both characters change throughout the movie in ways that make both of them better human beings more accepting of their fates.