So, I know that I don't write on my blog very often but last night Aubrey and I watched a movie that I thought was worth mentioning. As we sat and watched the Nebraska vs Texas game until the very in, hoping for Texas to lose so that TCU and the Mountain West would get a chance to go to the national title game. As Nebraska kicked the ball out of bounds and then eventually lost the game on a last second field goal Aubrey and I headed out across the street to the movie theater to watch what we believed was going to be a Christmas movie. We chose Everybody's fine because Aubrey is a big fan of Drew Barrymore and it had a good cast and seemed to have a good trailor that we had seen from watching other movies. We walked in after getting our popcorn bucket filled and our Large Mr. Pipp (really enjoying the movies) and sat in our seats.
As the continual trailors for other movies played, I thought that we had come to a movie that might not be as good as I was hoping but I have to admit that I thought this movie was a top 5 for the year of 2009 that I have seen. I don't think Aubrey enjoyed it as much as I did but I really, really enjoyed it. Without trying to spoil the movies for others, the movie is basically about a widower father that has four children that live all across the country. He was a father that always pushed his children for success and always wanted them to have the best. Because of this they would tell their mother everything and not him. As he surprises his children showing up at their house they seem to make continual excuses as why he cannot stay longer. He then leaves to go to the next child's house. While this movie didn' thave the cheer and joy that I was hoping for from a christmas movie it touched me in a way a movie hasn't in so long. It was very heavy, even so much so that Aubrey said she liked it but likely would never want to see it again. The moral of story and what I got out of it could be entirely two different things but I thought the movie was attempting to portray that the most important thing is not how successful you are but rather that the most important thing is family. The movie had Aubrey and I walking out speaking how lucky and grateful we were for our family and how lucky we were to be put in a situation where we could succeed. I felt inspired enough by this movie that I thought I would even post a blog about it to publicy express my gratitude for my family and my new family. I am very lucky for the people that I have had in my life and for their influence on me and in this christmas season, the most important thing is certainly family.... not items. Merry Christmas to all, and if you get a chance, go watch 'everybody's fine'.
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Trace and I saw this movie and we are still talking about it. We both cried. It really hit him hard because he has always thought that if I died first his children would abandon him....that is so sad and not true.
oh Uncle Trace!!! No way, certainly not with those doll houses and all the fun things you guys are always doing. Even IF the girls didn't want to see you anymore, the grand kids would never let that happen because how much fun grandpa Trace is! Aubrey is always asking why I am not more like my Uncle Trace, making doll houses and handy around the house. I just tell her the story of how we rode bikes through some beautiful hills in Portland and Uncle Trace did all the peddling.... just the kind of guy he is!
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