The Classics

This afternoon Michael and I watched Roman Holiday. I have been a huge fan of classic movies for quite some time now. I love them from the bottom of my heart. It is always amusing to me how many of these movies have been remade and I have already seen. There is so much in our culture that is simply re-used over and over again. It can be difficult to see where the true original thought even came from.

Even when listening to today's popular music, the majority of it has all been played before. It is simply cut and paste together into something new. I think that it is wonderful that it always seems to find a way to live on.

I do love the classics though. The original. It ends up making more sense somehow, and I am able to appreciate the latest version even more. I'm going to end this with a line from Roman Holiday:

"I have to leave you now. I'm going to that corner there and turn. You must stay in the car and drive away. Promise not to watch me go beyond the corner. Just drive away and leave me as I leave you."

Jazz

I have been listening to jazz tonight. I love the old classics: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong. They always hold a very special place in my heart. I have been listening to this music while I have been attempting to allow myself to dream about the future. Not the easiest thing in my world of deep rooted realities and responsibilities, but I am trying just the same.

The music lifts me up and takes me to a place that I wouldn't have been able to get to otherwise. I can dream. I can lift my head and focus on the stars for just a little while. Romantic, isn't it?

Michael took the kids and I to the park earlier tonight and I just thought I would share a picture of all of my adorable darlings.