When it was really bad…

Author: thenicknick

I turned to music and movies to elevate my spirits. Some movies spoke to the pain I was enduring at the loss of the life I wanted. Some movies were pure escapes.

Among my favorites:

Under the Tuscan Sun (I love Italy. And then there was the fact that we were both dealing with divorce and remodeling on our own. Some great lines that I carry with me: “Regret is the past’s way of crippling you in the present.” “I bought this house for a life I don’t have.” Story of hope.)
The Lake House (I love water and dream of a lake/ocean house of my own. It’s an amazing love story about an impossible relationship. We’ve all had those. Great line: “The one man I can never have, him I would give my whole heart.” Or words to that effect.)
The Joy Luck Club (It’s an oldie but a goodie. I tracked it down FOREVER and bought it the minute I found it on DVD. Four Chinese women, their Ahinese-American daughters, and the daughters’ relationship with their men. Favorite inspirational line: “Leave this place and don’t come back until he give you what you want with both hands open.”)
Cousins (Another oldie. Isabella Rosellini and Ted Danson. They meet at a wedding, his uncle, her mother. Their spouses have a fling. And they end up falling in love. Ahhh.)
Love Actually (Amazing cast. Great story lines. Great message. Love is all around.)
Someone Like You (Ashley Judd has this incredible scene where she realizes the flaw in her relationship theory and is devastated. So touching. Been there, done that.)

And the all time favorite most recently, since it combines movie and music as long as you play it in sing along mode:

Mama Mia! (Rachel and I would put it on, bake chocolate chip cookies, and dance and sing. If that combination can’t change your mood, nothing will.)

And now, now that it’s really good, we still sing, we still dance, and if I had an oven, we would still bake chocolate chip cookies.

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