the theater

.....is an experience.
it can make you believe, forget, remember, feel......

it can also make (help) you grieve.
especially when during the opening scene my mother-in-law remembered that this was one of g'pa's favorite movies, knew all the words, and would sing them to her all the time. well her tears only provoked my tears.

it is amazing what moves me to the places where i realize what is missing in my life. but it was a sweet missing, as my mother-in-law put it. the missing of what another person loved, enjoyed, was passionate about. the sweet missing of how another person helps expand who you are, stretches you, enriches you. that is the sweet missing.... and we do miss, a lot.