grace.

today in my adult development and aging class we watched a movie called grace. it is about a husband who cared for his wife who had alzheimer's disease for a total of about 15 years. he was her primary caregiver (and a great one at that) and cared for her until the day she died. watching him care for her and have so much patience and continual love for her was amazing. seeing her in that condition made me so sad (and scared of that possibly happening to me) but seeing him be there for her day after day was unbelievable. 

he dressed her. 
he fed her. 
he took her on walks. 
he stayed calm when she was worried. 
he painted her nails. 
he made sure she her hair was looking nice. 
he sang to her. 

the list goes on. that kind of love is hard to find and is definitely what i want to have one day. i didn't expect this movie to produce the same reactions as a chick flick but girls in class were crying and everyone was "ohhhhh"ing and "awwwww"ing as if the notebook was on. i love the feeling of getting lost in a movie. i felt like i knew grace personally after watching this show. that could be one of my favorite things about movies--getting lost in the story and feeling a connection with the characters, even though that sounds absurd. being able to escape to another life via movies is so great to me and i'm grateful for it. sometimes i need to have 2 hours where i don't have to think about myself, my life, and what needs to be accomplished. the media is truly a lifesaver at times and prevents me from losing it quite often. i currently have the desire to watch all of the audrey hepburn movies before i watch anything else. ok, i might not make it through them all but i at least want to give it a shot. i watched charade a couple weeks ago and absolutely loved it. i'm pretty sure the following movies will be consuming my spare time for the next few weeks...

roman holiday
sabrina
breakfast at tiffany's
how to steal a million
funny face
my fair lady
war and peace
wait until dark
always

let the movie watching begin!