Nights In Rodanthe

There are a few things I truly enjoy, and one of them is a great movie. Now, I am not too much of a “he-man” to share my emotions, but something’s just tear me apart and make me so thankful for the people in my life and give thanks for all the good things I’ve been able to experience.My wife and I enjoy cuddling up on the couch next to each other as we watch what we have come to call our “Friday Night Cry Session”, Two to three television shows that always seem to tug at the heart strings and evoke an emotional response in the form of tears. There was a time that I would bite my cheek as I would fight back the tears, in case someone might see me, but holding back the emotion is not good and it should be understood that we all need a good cry once in awhile. This is about the movie “Nights in Rodanthe”. It is in my opinion is a great movie, not for the action or the story line per-say but the fact that you quickly begin to identify with the characters and their own story(s). Now for those of you who have yet to see this film I don’t want to blow it for you, but it made such an impact on my wife and me, I felt compelled to write about it. Because we all want to be the best we can be when it comes to learning how to be that LOVING COUPLE, this story for lack of a better word should hit home.

Our characters we have a wonderful mom whose is totally dedicated to her children, a 10 year old son and a teen age daughter. A cheating spouse whose trying to crawl back into her life. How many of us have seen this situation before either in the movies or in real life? It’s sad but these are real situations. The other players are close confident friends, a grieving widower, a doctor who has lost his way and the family that left him when he needed them the most. Again, these are real to life issues!
Needless to say our Doctor and the wayward Mom meet and begin to share their troubles and come to find that, by working through them together, they can move past the issues and start over again, as it were. I guess the true tragedy is, once they realize that life can be wonderful again, fate steps up the game.
So, what did I come away from this movie with? Don’t take anything for granted. We all know that life can be snatched away from us at any moment, but we get tied up in our daily grind and we think that we have the whole world ahead of us. Love yourself, love your special someone(s), share your heart and always be ready to accept someone’s love. Don’t take anyone or anything at face value. If you feel it, share it! My wife and I always say “I’m going to tell you something, but if it comes out wrong give me the chance to clean it up.” At least that way you can have a starting point and it didn’t go unsaid.
Life is precious, enjoy it! Be the LOVING COUPLE / PERSON you always strive to be.

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