I’ve been listening to the KidLitWomen podcast, and it reminded me of this video commercial I had seen. I tend to miss the viral videos, but I am SO grateful to have seen this one. I cry every time. And I LOVE that this notion of “like a girl” is being revisited, rethought, and embraced as something strong and powerful.
(When my friend and I separately asked our daughters to “run like a girl,” they both responded like the young girls in the video. Huzzah!)
Children find their mamas in this sweet video.
Video: If you could change one thing about your body, what would it be?
I get tears and goosebumps every time. I love, of course, the contrast between the adults and children. But, I am also in love with the older woman at the end and her outlook.
So interesting how many of the adults’ answers weren’t even their own opinions about their bodies, but other people’s. ugh. When? Where? Why does this shift happen? But, again, so hopeful to see it come full circle at the end.
These days I’m finding it tough to “Keep in the Sunlight.” The news of the world and our country is overwhelming, friends and family are going through rough times, and, in my own life, I feel I’m hanging on by a thread. But tonight, after months and months of promising myself I would, I finally sat down at the piano and played. I didn’t play for long, nor did I play my usual Classical pieces. I just played through some random show tunes and movie themes I had collected in a binder years ago. And when I stumbled across “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and played it, my soul found peace.
The song was almost deleted from the 1939 film, but thank goodness for us, (and them–it won Academy Award for Best Song) a couple of wise people worked hard to keep it in the film. The then-16-year old, Judy Garland, sings it beautifully, of course, and it is the most remembered part of the movie. I don’t know if movie makers these days don’t have faith in their audiences or in their actors, but it is a rare thing now to let a movie slow down to this pace and let the audiences actually connect. At any rate, hearing this song and watching it brings me peace and hope. And, really, the only way to move forward right now is by taking a breath and allowing myself to feel hopeful.
If you haven’t seen it in awhile, here’s Judy Garland singing, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” (I really wish it wasn’t sandwiched between YouTube stuff and with words below, but there it is.)
I love this sweet little video by Esther Anderson. Even though I know what it’s like to be home all day with a baby or toddler (or older child..) who “helps” by undoing any sort of “progress” I’m trying to make, I still sometimes question it– Why didn’t I do more today? Why didn’t I fold that laundry or clean out the fridge? And then, I remember… Here’s why.