Art CAN Imitate Life!

I have always looked at movies, tv, and books as an escape from life. A way to immerse myself in the impossibilities of otherworlds, you know, the made up and imaginary. But then, I found an incredible link to reality, that I never expected in television shows such as Brothers and Sisters, and Parenthood. The reality I saw in these made-up television shows, were uncanny similarities to my own dysfunctional family. Zeke Braverman in Parenthood was my father. When the show ended this past season, I cried. No, I balled. It was as if I was reliving my father's death all over again. The poignancy of Sarah's wedding struck a deep heartache within. My father died unexpectedly after an accident. The crazy love-hate relationship of the siblings, but knowledge that no matter what, they would always be there for each other echoes the strident chords of my own siblings.

The other night, while my husband was out of town, I was bored and flipping through the many Prizm channels and came across a movie I hadn't seen before. "This is where I leave you". Oh My God! I was dying. While the story itself was not anything like my family, some of the actions and reactions were so my family. All I can say is that I am soo glad my mother was NOT a therapist! I can just imagine the book that would have come from my mother's typewriter. Hmmm......*shakes head with an evil little laugh*. I happened to talk to one of my sisters after watching it, and she too agreed there are uncanny similarities between these Hollywood interpretations and our own "loving" family. Funny stuff!

An intro of sorts.

This blog is basically going to be a hodgepodge of my thoughts and interactions with life.  All thoughts and opinions are mine, and mine alone, and I could care less if you agree or not. I will write whenever the urge strikes. I may go days or weeks without writing, and I may write multiple posts in one day. Who knows!

I have lived through many things in my life so far.... I grew up the youngest of six kids in a Roman Catholic household. I did both parochial and public school, and put off college until later in life. I was a work-a-holic, then ended up a single mother in an odd life situation. I raised a chronically ill child by my self for 10 years, before meeting the love of my life in an online MMORPG game. He changed the life of both myself and my daughter. In the last five years, we experienced much heart ache, as my daughter's paternal grandmother was killed in a senseless home invasion, followed by the death of my incredible father at the same time my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, I moved half a country away from everyone I knew, my mother died and life goes on.

I have seen many things, and have opinions on everything... so beware!