My Sister's Keeper... (possible spoiler, so be warned)

I leave for a conference in B'ham tomorrow after Church. I get home late Tuesday night and Rebekah will be leaving on Wed. for NY. I won't see her again until we go up to NY in Oct. for Bill's 20 yr reunion at West Point (we will have her come down for the weekend).

Bill suggested that since this is our 'last day together'... perhaps She and I should go out.

Well, before we could go, Rebekah had to spend some more sister time! She has been having girl time, and 'girl talks' with Hannah, since 'she won't be here for her'. So the last thing she really wanted to do was 'teach' Hannah to shave her legs. I should have taken some pic's but, there was some levels of undress, so I opted out..
But here is the scene, Hannah, Rebekah and Amanda all sitting along the edge of thebathtub in my bathroom. Lots of shaving cream was involved, and a little bit of blood... Hannah managed to nick herself once. At one time Amanda was shaving the back of Hannah's leg, and Hannah was gigglign that it tickled. Well, after the giggling, she managed to nick her also.
It took a lot longer than Hannah was expecting... and she got a little bored, after the sisters had finished shaving and Hannah was just starting on her second leg. She sort of wanted to quit and do that leg 'next time'... ;-) Well, the girls would have none of that! Since Rebekah adn I were getting ready to leave, Amanda spent the time with her and helped her finish up removing the light carpet she had started to carry along on her legs. Now... she has really smooth legs. She was so proud of herself!!!

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Possible spoiler:
Rebekah and I were going out, we wanted to get dinner, and a movie. We had decided to see The proposal, but when we arrived at Bridge Street, the theater was sold out for that veiwing, except for the very front seats... yuck, no thank you! And... Iwas NOT staying out late enough to watch the 10:20 showing!!! So, we changed out thoughts, and got tickets for my Sister's keeper. I figured it would be a girly show, and fun for us to watch together.

They had very few seats available for this movie either, but there were two individual seats, separated by two seats - previously taken, o the back row. So, by the time we bought tickets, an got popcorn and a drink (to share, we got two straws, etc...) We hoped we could get in there and ask the two in the seats between us, if they would mind sliding to one side or the other, so that Rebekah and I coud sit together.

Not only did that 'plan' NOT work out, but I got in there and someone was in my seat, and they said they were in the wrong seats (mine and someone else's) because some younger girls were sitting in their seats just in front of where they were at. But, what did this mean for us??? we only had ONE seat! The movie had already started, we are standing there, trying to figure out what to do. There were two seats right in front of the other (still empty) seat we had bought a ticket for, but, there were still people coming in and we didnt' want to take someone else's seats, and have to get up and move again when/if they showed up. Rebekah just went down and sat in a single seat up closer to the front/of the back section. I felt really bad. After the movie had gone for a while, I decided the seats in front of me were still empty, so I went down to try and get Rebekah to come sit in them with me... she didn't want to disrupt other people since we would have had to climb over 6 people in order to get to the empty seats. I sat down and was just going to sit on the stairs next to her. She said no, don't do that, as that would make a bigger problem, with the workers comming and telling me I was not allowed to sit on the stairs.

I, however, JUST wanted to SIT by my daughter, since it was our Night out together... and the point of the movie we were watching was abou a mother and her daughter(s), and how much they loved each other... I got upset but went back to my seat (leaving the popcorn and drink with her so she'd have it... although she didn't have any of it either, so that was a big waste!). But as I turned round and walked away from her back to my one seat, I began to cry. From that point on, the movie got very sad, and emotional and I was pretty much sobbing. Everyone around me was crying also, so I wasn't alone at least.

I however was crying about more than just the emotional efforts of the film writers, etc. I was crying at the fact that I will miss my daughter who was leaving me in 4 days, and going out into her life all on her own. The daughter I couldn't even sit next to and share this emotional movie with!!! I was crying and feeling guilty for any silly thoughts and feelings I've had over the years, with any of my children. Life is so short and so important!!! Why do we let ourselves (MYSELF), get all upset about silly little day to day things in life?!?!?! I love Rebekah dearly! She has the potential to be an amazing person! I wish her all the best in her future endeavors. I want for her to have a happy life, a good life, to find a love that is and will be Eternal. I want for my girls (all my kids, but especially my girls), to grow into amazing women, and I want for them to be friends. To be willing to give their all for each other. Willing to stand up for each other, and support each other.
I want them to LIKE and to Love each other... I hate all the bickering, and unkind words, that have flown around at my house at times. I hate to see my family hurting each other... I love the times I can remember, where they spent good fun quality time together; whether it was just going out running errands, or helping one another with some project or another, or going shopping or out to eat or something else with each other. I love when they plan special surprises for each other. (Rebekah made these adorable little hopes and dreams jars for Amanda and Sariah and she took them up to girls camp one night when she got to attend one night up there. she really worked hard on them, and wanted the girls to like them a lot. I thught they were adorable! If you go to Rebekah's blog, you can read about the jars, and see pic's she posted.

As for the movie, I wonder if it would be inappropriate to contact someone I used to know, who lost a child and sort of 'warn' them of the movie. I think it would just make them all fall apart, due to the content of the movie...