Music and healing....

OK, so I'm not really an avid movie watcher...truth is I usually fall asleep half way in!

But the cover got me, and since like I explained in an earlier post,

I had been sort of having a hard time reading.

I am happy to say that is no longer the case.

I am more than 2/3rds of the way through my second book since yesterday's 'Lift' :)

OK, so back to the real point of this blog....

I rented and watched

"The Guitar"

with Saffron Burrows playing the lead.

The Guitar

Directed by Amy Redford - Starring Saffron Burrows, Isaach de Bankolé, Paz de la Huerta

Starz/Anchor Bay - Rated R - 93 min - Psychological Drama - Region: 1 (USA & territories, Canada)

What the cover says:

A doomed woman discovers her creative spirit during a final fling with life in this independent drama. Melody Wilder (Saffron Burrows) is already having a bad day when she visits her doctor about a troubling lump in her throat -- her boyfriend has left her, and she's lost her job. However, this news pales in comparison to what her doctor (Janeane Garofalo) has to say: the lump is an inoperable cancer, and Melody has only a short time to live. Throwing caution to the wind, Melody rents a huge, luxurious apartment and furnishes it in high style, putting her purchases on a handful of credit cards she won't be around to pay off.

What I say:

So, wow....she finds out she has throat cancer, it can't be cured, it can't be operated on, she has very little time to live!! And basically no-one that she is close to has the time of day to listen to her, they are all to caught up in their own life dream world (whatever you want to call it...I call it pathetic!!!) Loved ones and friends should ALWAYS make or find the time to listen to someone who is obviously going out of their way to tell them something important--which is apparent on Melody's (Saffrons's) face and in her voice.

There is so much raw emotion in this movie.

What a powerful movie.

This is one you most certainly won't soon forget.

Melody (Mel) takes what's left of her life as the Dr. has told her --two months--

and lives out all her dreams since

childhood, the biggest being the guitar.

You absolutely have to watch her transformation!!

This was a wonderful movie...at least in my opinion :)
And even though it isn't a brand new movie that is just out on DVD
or anything like that...you definitely should watch it
if you get the chance :)

I think in a way, a really big way,

Mel let the guitar and music help her

a lot! She had been hurting since she was a child.

Her music helped all of those hurts and others

to heal :)

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Music and healing....

I think that music can help in many different kinds of situations.

I also believe that it can help heal many hurts as it did in the movie mentioned above.

I DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT MUSIC CAN HEAL...

No matter what kind of music it is!

When I'm in different moods, I listen to different types of music--how about you??

When I am mad, I listen to more fast, heavy metal type music.

And that is when I sometimes go into my power-cleaning mode.

(For those of you who know me personally, you know I don't

like to go into that mode very often, lol !)

When I am upbeat and happy, that is when I love to listen to a real variety

of music. I like anything from punk, 80's, 90s, rock, country, inspirational,

jazz, metal, 70s' some rap like Eminem, even Glen Miller Band and especially

the Herman's Hermits!! 'Something Tells Me I'm Into Something Good!'

So, tell me, do you let music take you

away when you are hurting?

And....

Does it ever have a healing effect on you??

((HUGS))

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~Steph

My son is going to by 11.....help....

It's just two short days away from my fourth born turning eleven!

Wow--how time flies, when you aren't having fun. 

No seriously, I cannot even believe I just said that. I mean sure,

 I've had my fair share of ups and downs but who hasn't.

 I've had some really great times with these five kiddos of mine. 

I wouldn't trade any of them for anything. 

THE KIDS THAT IS!!

 Some of the bad times I could do with out :)

This year his birthday party will take place at the Best Western

 where there is a huge water slide :)

Our suite includes a king size bed, three twins beds, one trundle bed, 

and here is the real kicker...a whirlpool in the room 

which I'm greatly looking forward to putting to good use!! 

Yeah right...who am I am kidding???

Like I'll get a free moment with a bunch of eleven year olds and my five year old,

 who of course I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT even think about

 leaving at his big sister's for the night

 (Cuz he'd NEVER EVER forgive me all the way to the sky and back!!!!)

 and truthfully I don't know if I could handle one more kid

 DISSING ME RIGHT NOW!!!

As long as I don't wake up wish my face painted or worse!!!!

Needless to say, I'm running behind on the ordering the cake and all that good stuff.

But no worries. I'll put in a quick order for a couple of

 big unfrosted cakes at the local bakery in 

the morning and do some cutting, frosting and decorating myself.

I need to try and shape it to make it look like a skateboard. Any ideas??

Wish me luck :)

Trust me, 

I need it....

~Steph

'Lift' by Kelly Corrigan...my review....

As most of you know I absolutely love reading, and lately I have been having a really hard time focusing on the words in the books. But with my promise of returning to blogging, I also promised to returned to my biggest love  (other than my children) and that is READING!! So yesterday at the library I picked up a copy of "Lift" and told myself I was absolutely going to make myself read it no matter what....only when I opened the cover and started to sift through the pages to get to the opening words did I realize that I'd obviously had some help from above when choosing this story as my first book to read as my come back to reading story. Enough of my babbling...

Here is my review....

Lift

by:

Kelly Corrigan

In Lift, Kelly writes an absolutely intense love letter to her two precious daughters, Claire and Georgia. Since Kelly has breast cancer, she wants to write this book, sort of as a book or memories for her daughters. I would say that the biggest thing she stresses throughout the book is that she makes sure that her daughters both know that the one thing she always wanted the most was kids!!! She always wanted them!!! This story isn't for someone who expects to keep dry eyes the whole time that's for sure!!

Kelly at one point talks about parenting and is so right when she says how we so easily get caught up checking our email or out cell phones while listening to our child's story about how their day went, or we tell them to just go watch a movie. Or perhaps we may just get a little bit too mad over some spilled milk, an un-flushed toilet, or a lost toy, etc...perhaps just yelling at the kids because they are arguing with each other. Maybe it isn't always that big of a deal as what we make out of it....I for one am guilty here!! And I am the first one to admit it. But I am going to try my hardest to work on it, because sometimes it's too late, too soon!!

Now obviously at just over 80 pages, I don't want to give the whole book away, but I do want to touch on just a couple of things. Kelly's cousin, Kathy sounds like such a  smart and wonderful person, just the type of character that anyone of us would just love to happen across someday. She says that "when the big stuff happens, we're always looking in the other direction." and "it takes ten years to learn your spouse." Now isn't that just the truth???

Kellycorrigan.com

Buy a copy here.

~Steph

Hello everyone...

Hey there,

How's things??

So, I just wanted to quick update everyone...

The day after I let everyone know that Jakey was back.....

he ran again :(

I'm not going to keep on blogging about my missing son.

Hopefully this one will be the last one. 

I don't want this blog

to become some huge depressing blog.

I still plan to be back up and running as usual by

whenever I said?? Next Friday???

Or is it suppose to be tomorrow??

Let's go with tomorrow!!

 Because I am getting really,

really sick of just sitting around doing absolutely

nothing!!

I've been told, I'm just staring off into space quite a bit!!

And I myself know that I'm doing a whole lot of crying!!!

So...why not get back to blogging sooner instead of later!!!

See you all tomorrow with a regular post :)

Luv to all.

~Steph

GREAT NEWS.....

I wanted to let everyone know that my son came home!!!!

FINALLY!!

We still have A LOT (big understatement)

of things to work on....

but at least my mind is at ease....well....sort of!!!

I want to thank all of you that prayed for and

thought of my family and my son and I

while he was away!!

Again thank you so much.

~~~~~

I honestly hope to be back up and running...

here regularly with the blogging thing

by the end of next week!!!

YAH!!

AND...

FINALLY,

I miss all of you so much.

I miss hearing what you have

all been up to and

reading your blogs...

And most of all, I really miss

doing my own blogging.

((Hugs))

My apologies and also I'm asking a favor.....

I know, I know....you probably thought I quit my blog, eh???

Well I didn't...I'm just having a REALLY incredibly BAD MONTH!!!

First off, my 14 year old, Jacob

ran away this past Saturday afternoon...

and as many of you know, I have GAD

(Generalized Anxiety Disorder) and even

if I didn't....I'd have been going crazy since

that day!! It's been more than 72 hours :(

I am asking that all of you would pray for him,

send up love and light,

good thoughts,

etc,

all of those things I would very much appreciate!!

~~~~~~~~~

Now..if any of you are still waiting on things that you have won,

let me know...I have tried to slowly get things in the mail

that I was behind on....(a big thanks for being so understanding and waiting!!)
Since I don't have Internet at the house right now...
It's very slow going, 30 minutes at a time
at the local library....especially when I have over 14,000
emails in my inbox (and growing) and that's not my junk mail :(

With that....I'm off to do some mose searching

for my son!!

Love to all!

~Steph