Just when I despaired that there were no good movies out there to watch, our Parks and Recreation Department ran their first in a series of movies tonight. Hubby is on the committee so he encouraged me and our neighbor to come down for the film. The movie was a British movie called “Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont“. It starred Joan Plowwright as a woman in her last years of life. She was a master bringing Mrs Palfrey to life. You come to love her almost as soon as she is on the screen.
I sat there watching the movie and I felt the love and longing that this woman felt for her husband. I could see in my life how I love my own husband, and like Mrs Palfrey, how no one could ever take the place of my beloved.
The movie is a gentle reminder to live life to the fullest, to love those we have, deeply and to never take for granted those people in our life that make us feel loved, and whom we love.
If you have not seen it, take a trip to the video store, or rent it from Netflix. It is worth the time you will spend watching this beautiful story unfold. You will truly be enriched!
sounds awesome! Parks & Recreation…isn’t it a bit cold outside for a movie?
Couldn’t sleep so got up and got online. Came to read my blogs and you are first on my list. Read it and immediately went to our library’s website (imcpl.org) and looked up the title of the movie and found it. I have put in a request for it and am #1 in line. Thanks for the review.
Hi Mom,
Well, my work computer did not shut me down today for visiting your site! I did make it in today, though it took me almost 3 hours to get here!! You must be getting quite a bit of snow up there too!
Enjoy the day; hopefully you don’t have too much running around to do. Days like these are best enjoyed from the home! 🙂
Lots of love,
Mandy
I haven’t seen it but I realize the chance I have to still be married to the same man and this for 39 years now ! Most of the couples we have known and who married at the same time as we did are all divorced except two !
Sounds like a wonderful movie, I’ll have to watch it! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
This post has funny timing because a friend of mine lost her husband earlier this week, and all week I’ve been thinking about living life to the fullest.