I use to watch movies all of the time. You could say it was a favorite past time. Then came marriage (well, it was still one of my favorites), then a baby who is now sleeping through the night, YAY!!! Watching movies now usually involves staying up (late) after Si goes down, or cramming it in on the weekends during nap time when I should be doing something else. Let's just say I don't do much movie watching anymore - what can I say, I value sleep! Today while I was at work I got a hankering to watch a movie, and I knew exactly what movie I wanted to watch, Silver Lining. I'd read great reviews and heard so many good things about it, and the best part, it didn't disappoint.
So many lines of that movie sum up how I view life, or try to. It's taken me almost 29 years to realize good comes out of every bad situation. My glass isn't always half empty, it's always half full! The two main characters, Pat and Tiffany, were dealt some pretty crappy cards in life but found each other in the midst of all their pain and agony. They were each others "silver lining". Can you get a more honest story line? No, these two didn't see it right off, well, Pat didn't, but that's the best thing about this movie. The minute I saw David I knew he was my silver lining to 'my crappy cards'. He didn't know it at that moment, but it didn't take him long to realize I was his as well (at least I think I am). We both have skeletons that could jump out at any given time and for the most part I'm always fighting off demons but that is what makes our love different and romantic. He accepts me for who I am today because of what has happened, and vice verse, except I have to say David came out on top for sure. He's a much stronger person than I am and for that I'm eternally grateful to God for allowing me to spend the majority of my life with a man who I know will always help me when I fall.
Life is hard. Nothing about it is easy. We all chose our own paths, even when we see the flashing red signs telling us not to go down them. We eventually recover (somewhat) and learn to live with ourselves and the others surrounding us. Its when you aren't looking or paying attention that the good intervenes. I may have just found my new favorite movie!
