Famille.

15th November 2009 -

Today I have been watching P.S. I Love You. I have never been the sort of person to cry at films, yet for some reason or other, this film, plus Titanic, are always sure to bring a tear to my eye. I think this could be because of the amount of loneliness that is captured in these films, especially in P.S. I Love You. Holly, (Hilary Swank) is left by her childhood sweetheart, Gerry, (Gerard Butler) when he horribly dies, the result of a tumour, and she tries to deny the fact that he has gone forever. Gerry tries to gently guide her to move on, by sending her a series of letters each month, everyone of them ending in "PS. I Love You". But Holly is then torn apart, when the letters finally stop, and even though she knew they couldn’t possible continue forever, she still feels that a part of her is gone. This is when her mother steps in, after Holly’s father chose to leave her mother when Holly was just an early age, she realises, that on some level, her mother can relate to what she is going through, and goes to her for that extra bit of support that she needs. This film has made me realise just how important my family are to me, because you really don’t know when life is just going to end, and although I may not have the best relationship with my family, I think it’s about time that I made more of an effort to built the relationship, between my mother in particular. Out of all the members of my family, I am definitely closest to my grandmother, she is the most warm and caring grandma you can find, and I know I can tell her anything. Heck, I could tell her I was pregnant, and she would probably help me in every way possible, infact she’s more like my second mother than my grandma, which is why I think I need to try and build the relationship with my mother, I have always had a good relationship with her, but as im getting older, I wish it was a stronger relationship, one where she was more like my best friend rather than my mum, and although sometimes, she gets on my nerves, and I wish she would just leave me alone, I know, deep down, my life would not be the same without her, without all of my family. And although I wish I saw my extended family more often and that wish I were closer to some of my family members, I think I really am lucky to have them, and I wouldn’t change them for the world.