Flashback Friday "the Titanic"
Here goes.
my flashback is about the movie Titanic.
this is the last movie I saw in a theater with my now exhusband Michael. I have not been able to sit through it until this week. On our local PBS station there was a piece about some family members of the tragic passengers trying to identify them through DNA. It was fascinating. The forensic scientist were able to positively identify a child, formerly known as the "Unknown child of the Titanic". He was only 13 months old and his distant relatives were from Finland. So to make a long story short, I decided to watch the movie. I made a startling discovery, that I had not heard before in the theater. It was the scene in which Jack is trying to get Rose to come down from the railing because she is trying to jump. She is being forced to marry a jerk just to keep her Mama in the lifestyle they both knew... Money. Anyway, Jack starts telling her where he grew up in order to distract her. He first mentions ice fishing, then Wisconsin. Chippewa Falls to be exact. I have been to this place!. Little did I know sitting there in the theater watching this movie 8 years ago would I ever imagine I would be where I am today.
Remembering what was happening in our lives at that time, my own marriage was a sort of a Titanic, it was going down and I was hanging on for dear life. I didn't want to let go. I sat and watched the movie and I cried at the approiate times, but this time there was no remorse at it.
then I listened to the song at the end sung by Celine Dion as the credits rolled and I reflected on my own heart. It truly does go on. My heart has gone on. Now if I could just get that stupid song out of my head!
my flashback is about the movie Titanic.
this is the last movie I saw in a theater with my now exhusband Michael. I have not been able to sit through it until this week. On our local PBS station there was a piece about some family members of the tragic passengers trying to identify them through DNA. It was fascinating. The forensic scientist were able to positively identify a child, formerly known as the "Unknown child of the Titanic". He was only 13 months old and his distant relatives were from Finland. So to make a long story short, I decided to watch the movie. I made a startling discovery, that I had not heard before in the theater. It was the scene in which Jack is trying to get Rose to come down from the railing because she is trying to jump. She is being forced to marry a jerk just to keep her Mama in the lifestyle they both knew... Money. Anyway, Jack starts telling her where he grew up in order to distract her. He first mentions ice fishing, then Wisconsin. Chippewa Falls to be exact. I have been to this place!. Little did I know sitting there in the theater watching this movie 8 years ago would I ever imagine I would be where I am today.
Remembering what was happening in our lives at that time, my own marriage was a sort of a Titanic, it was going down and I was hanging on for dear life. I didn't want to let go. I sat and watched the movie and I cried at the approiate times, but this time there was no remorse at it.
then I listened to the song at the end sung by Celine Dion as the credits rolled and I reflected on my own heart. It truly does go on. My heart has gone on. Now if I could just get that stupid song out of my head!
posted by proub at 2:34 PM
1 Comments:
True it is hard to get over one's X especially when you've been married for a long time and these days a long time might mean 5,10,15 years anything past that is a life time and have kids involved. It's so hard not to get them in the middle but they deserve a chance to learn what love is on thier level not ours. I too went through a divorce and now we live in different cities. It is sometimes hard when I go see the girls and thier Mom is there and looking pretty good at that. It just wasnt meant for us to be together in the first place. Too many differences and only one thing in commom, sex. Yep got married for sex, then the girls came along and the sex stopped. You being a female probably are saying "well sex isn't everything" well to this ol' boy it plays a pretty big part and the fact she wasnt honest with me about our money and didnt show any interest in my hobbies. I could go on for days but I know it takes two to make a marriage and two to break one up. It's a give and take thing. Well I'm now remarried and my wife and I go see the girls as often as we can and get them on breaks. I now know how it is to truely be in love for all the right reasons. Oh and yes there is a movie that brings back memories of the (Good ol days) Beauty and the Beast song.
Good Luck and remember life goes on and all that is ancient history. John, in the Big Apple
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