Three years ago yesterday, my best friend took me to see a movie called The Family Stone. She had already seen it, and thought I might enjoy it.
If you haven't seen the movie, it's about a family at Christmastime--with all the misadventures you would expect. Oldest son returns to introduce his incredibly uptight fiancee to his very liberal family. Hijinks and hilarity ensue.
But there is a scene in that movie that broke my heart into a million pieces. One character, who has unexpectedly fallen in love with someone he's not supposed to, chases after her as she runs away in confusion. It is dark and he races madly through the snow, screaming her name and trying to catch her before he loses his chance at real love.
I sobbed bitterly in the dark of that theater because I knew that I would never have anyone in my life who would love me enough to race through the snow and the dark for me.
Miracles do happen.
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I'm so glad your certainty proved to be ill-founded.
Aren't you glad you were wrong? Congratulations, dear one.
Isn't life grand sometimes! And you were wrong!
You couldn't have been more wrong then, could you?
I wish you could see the smile on my face!
I am a first-born AND a Leo. It is not often that I enjoy being wrong...
sometimes i think that we only get the real joy after we are totally broken open to receive it...other times i think that beauty just happens...doesn't matter...you've got it and it's so lovely on you...
It's not often that our dear Doxy is wrong. So glad for you.
Doxy -- been there -- also been wrong. But I also must tell you that as I read the opening sentence, my first thought was: "how lucky someone, to be Doxy's best friend"
Y'all are really sweet. I'm a bit embarrassed about how maudlin I can be sometimes...
Susankay---what a lovely thing to say! My BFF has been so for over 20 years now. She has seen me through all the major heartaches of my adult life, and I don't know what I would do without her. It gives me a lot of confidence in my relationship with Dear Friend that BFF told him "If I had designed a partner for Doxy, I couldn't have done any better than you."
It's a lovely thing when your two best friends in the world love and respect one another...
Dear, dear Doxy
I hope you didn't make Dear Friend reenact the scene from the movie for you?
Oh, and happiness not only becomes you- think of it as just another way of praising the Creator for this wondrous, complex, and yes often surprising gift of Life.
L'achiam! dear Doxy
David@Montreal
Be open. Never say never. Possibilities do not end. There's hope but not expectation. How's that for some platitudes? That scene is very sad. Hope you're not.
Oooh! Doxy was wrong.
David---nope. Down here, we have a saying "She chased him 'til he caught her." ;-)
I can't imagine running away from Dear Friend--the important thing is knowing that he WOULD run after me.
My ex could never bring himself to love me like that--on the one hand, it made him too vulnerable, and OTOH, he withheld affection to punish me for whatever "sins" I had committed in his eyes. Dear Friend never does that. Even if we have a disagreement, he is always loving and present. That's one of the biggest reasons that I know we have a healthy relationship.
Jan--the scene was sad, but it had a happy ending. Kind of like my life. :-)
Pax,
Doxy
You were a wrongy-wronghead. Nyah!
Hi, Doxy. I know you've been swamped lately, but something is waiting for you at my blog!
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