There are life altering events in everyone’s life. Some are for the better while others are for the worst, its all part of the yin and yang of life. In September of 2001, a week after the towers fell, I experienced one such event. Every year for fourteen years now, I dread September. Solely because of this event. (I’m not going to put the event in writing. I just don’t want to. I’m sure the vast majority of those reading this blog do know.) This event led to an eventual diagnosis of a heart disorder. One that I tend to ignore more then pay attention to but that is a whole different topic of conversation and its one I intentionally am vague on.
So back to the topic at hand. 9.18 is the anniversary of the before mentioned event. I prefer to take the day off from work. On this day there are years where I am perfectly fine and others where I am not.
This year I spent the morning with my mom, doing errands and what not. Busy work that I enjoyed. I had lunch with my cousin and chatted with my Dad on the phone.
Then came the part of the day I was both dreading and looking forward to at the same time. It was the time I was by myself.
So as always I found myself at the movies. This year I did a double feature. It started with an IMAX matinee of Everest and was bookended with the Johnny Depp gangster picture Black Mass. I throughly enjoyed both movies, the ladder one more so. More importantly I enjoyed and appreciated the distraction. For not one but two features I got to hide behind the unfolding stories and live the lives of the characters on screen. For that distraction on today of all days I am truly appreciative of being able to go to the movies.
Had I seen these movies on any other day of the year I would of throughly enjoyed them. Would I have enjoyed them as much? The question of circumstance while watching movies is one I will have to address in another blog. Right now though I am going to close my eyes and bond with their insides sleeping away the rest of this awful day.
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