What Not To Fear: You is "Me" & "Getting to Know"... Us

An early-morning, disjointed convo between me and my husband: ME: I have 40 hits on my recent blog, one being my post onto Facebook, and one is you. HUBBY: And one is me. ME: In the count that I just communicated, you is “me.”

Thinking movie-land... you is "me", and all the world really is a stage. In the broader sense, there are movies that remind me of family life, and of my siblings...

It's a Wonderful Life--that movie's you-is-"me" overall tension-filled drama represents my parents. Dad was driven, dramatic, frustrated, lanky George Bailey; and Mom was sweet yet strategically-stubborn Mary (Mom was actually quietly-stubborn, personified).

Their 6 offspring cannot be represented by just one movie, like "Cheaper By The [1/2] Dozen;" but, "Little Women" could somewhat represent the 4 daughters (we fit the 4 birth order roles; however, we always tended to be in-cohesive, except for the few photo ops below). Instead, like different personalities, we siblings have forged our own unique and varied movie lines...

Overboard, a flipped yet starry love story (a re-make could never replace resourceful Goldie)
Chariots of Fire, quiet persistence, exemplified
The Post, timely literary exposure OR, Woman in Gold, indirectly seeking to reclaim family treasure
Forrest Gump, a loyal, kind, brave soul--and a forever tribute to chocolate!
Breakfast at Tiffany's, internal identity struggles
Secrets of the Divine Ya Ya Sisterhood, laughter, friendship, and complicated identities

Norma Rae can't be left out. That movie's grit represents an "extended" sibling

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The larger-than-life stars in my family include...

Goldie Hawn
Ron Howard
Brady Bunch's Maureen McCormick (author... she's the one in the bunch who wrote about it)
Jerry Seinfeld or David Letterman
Princess Diana
Tina Fey or Amy Poehler