I used to LOVE the movie Charly. I still think it's a good movie. But the meaning of the movie has changed for me. If you do not know what the movie is about, go read the book!
Cancer is a tough subject to deal with now. I hadn't watched that movie for a while, probably a year or so.
I lost an aunt to lung and bone cancer in May. And I know an elderly man back home who is battling stomach cancer. Let me just tell you, cancer stinks. But it brings people so much closer together.
I don't know why the movie doesn't seem so great to me anymore. It's a good story. I guess that once you've dealt with cancer close to home you understand better.
I never really knew my aunt. And her fight was short. It was just a few months after being diagnosed that she was gone.
But life goes on. I know that she can see how we're doing here. I've felt her presence. And other ancestors that have already passed on. I'm glad to have family here with me, even if it's different from what other people mean when they say 'family is nearby.'
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