The Movies

If you know me, you know I'm pretty uninhibited out in public.  I will not only break out into song, but I'll dance too.  I have no problems starting conversations with complete strangers.  I try and make my moments count.

The Beanster and I went to see the movie "Escape from Planet Earth".  It was pretty good. Lots of single dads with their kids (that was kinda sad, I thought), but no..when I'm with the Beanster, there's no such thing as a single man...or even men for the most part.  I digress...

At the end of the movie the characters break out into a dance.  The music was kickin' and the credits started to roll.  As people are leaving, I break out into the dance and I'm having fun. She says "Auntie" with the sound of exasperation in her voice.  I started laughing and said "Baby, life is too short, and you know you want to dance" and so, she got up and started dancing with me. We were jiggling, twirling and just having a good time.

As we were walking to the car, we talked about it. And I told her that all the death we've had in our lives teaches us a lesson.  That we have to live each moment of our lives to the fullest and grab at the chances life hands us to dance and sing. That there are hard moments when we won't be singing or dancing, but the people we love, who've left us, would want us to appreciate our life and truly live.

I think she got the message.  At the very least, we created a memory of the two of us dancing in the theater, and some day when I'm gone, she'll remember that we had fun!