: Life is hard. God is good. We need each other.
You can tell a lot about a person based on what makes them cry. I don’t mean crying when you get hurt, or when someone you love dies. Everyone cries then.
I mean when something happens, and for some reason you may not even be able to explain, you start to tear up.
A number of years ago, I began noticing and paying attention to this. These teary moments are clues into our hearts.
So that’s why, when I found myself weeping in the theater watching Wonder Woman, I knew something was up.
Gah! I am sold out on this service we’ve discovered!! We just had a friend tell us about it last week and we’ve already used it twice.
I can’t count how many movies we’ve skipped over the years because of a just a scene or two with sexual content or pervasive language. Or movies that we watched years ago that we’d love to show our boys…except for that one part. You know what I’m talking about, right? If only we could filter content in movies…
Some years ago, there was a service that allowed people to rent movies and filter content as they chose. It was shut down pretty quickly, if I remember correctly, by Hollywood big-wigs crying, “Censorship!”
Enter VidAngel.
Trying to think of a Titanic themed snack wasn’t the easiest, let me tell you.
I do love a party with a theme. We started our Girls Movie Nights with musicals, and have branched out into other “must see” movies. I try to always theme the menu to the movie in some way. We’ve done full dinners, but usually just snacks.
Then I thought of floats. Ice cream icebergs bobbing in your choice of soda.
Winston Churchill said
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
Birthdays, weddings, Christmas, Valentine’s Day… With so many holidays telling us to give presents, gift giving can become merely a rote activity. Thoughtfully considering what to give someone is an art. Are you looking for a clever gift for someone? I’ve collected a list of unique gift ideas for you. They’re things that I’ve had tucked away in my ‘idea file’ forever. Click the pictures or links to learn more.
I want to say up front that I haven’t purchased all of these things myself. But I will be sure to comment on those I have.
Did you see last year’s live action version of Cinderella? It was a lovely rendition of Disney’s animated classic.
We really enjoyed it, with one only one complaint – We would’ve preferred less cleavage. Modesty is something we appreciate. And notice.
Nonetheless, the movie sold over 24 million tickets, so clearly we weren’t the only ones that enjoyed it.
There are a couple out this year, even. Jungle Book was released on April 15 and Alice Through the Looking Glass on May 27.
It’ll be awhile before many of these come out, but it’s definitely a trend to watch for.
This is already in post production, and the cast looks stellar. Harry Potter star Emma Watson is playing the heroine Belle. More of the cast includes: Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, Ian McKellan as Cogsworth, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Josh Gad as Le Fou, and Dan Stevens as the Beast. (If you watched Downton Abbey, you’ll recognize Dan Stevens as the actor who played Matthew Crawley).