The songs, the clothing, the dancing, the feeling of life being a festival of colors and pleasurable excitement. I certainly have had my share of MGM moments.
The problem is when Life is not so MGM, I always wish it could be. That may not be realistic, but, as Blanche Du Bois once said, "I don't want realism; I want magic!" And not the Joan Didion brand of magic either.
Don't mind me, kids, I am just musing. Maybe because of David's recent, albeit successful surgery, the certainty of the future has me wondering--with uncertainty.
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I’m with Blanche! Less reality and more magic please!!
Maybe I’m
Spending too much time at the retirement place.
So much decline and death
SO much complaining
Reality is a little too sad for me these days
Victoria,
So sorry to hear about your sadness.
I, too, am with Blanche. That's
why I turned to MGM musicals!
Thanks
So much sad stuff going on right now
Trying to focus on beauty, color, fun, joy, humor, forgiveness, magic!!!
Victoria,
Things like that--and reading books--
are what help keep me sane!
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