In need of tears

I have always been a fairly emotional character, tearing up at the most inappropriate moments. I still can't read the kids the end to The Happy Prince or Charlotte's Web or watch Bambi or think about Molly dying in A Country Practice without tearing up. I claim not to watch A Current Affair or Today Today because of the appalling lack of journalistic integrity, but perhaps in reality it is because I tear up with the 'human interest' stories. I also can't stand seeing perceived injustice.

The kids have seen almost every G or PG movie this Summer. I have missed Charlotte's Web (perhaps fortuitously!), Flushed Away (again perhaps fortuitously for other reasons!), the one where they were locked in the museum overnight, Happy Feet and some other one that they saw. I was not going to miss Miss Potter and I ensured they did not see it without me. Miss I has always been a massive Beatrix Potter fan. Back in happier times, W would read to her every night and read 3 or 4 stories. These usually included at least one Beatrix Potter tale. This started on her first night home when she refused to sleep and W got through most of Blinky Bill leaving out the bit where Blinky Bill's mum died! My brother is even nicknamed after one of Beatrix Potter's characters. We actually went as a family which was a bit tense. W didn't really talk to me at all, but the kids loved us all being together.

Well if you need a cry, go and see Miss Potter! It is an amazing love story. Miss I loved it and J tolerated it, loving the animated bits and picking up on some of the humour. W liked it because of the scenery, and in reality he loves a good love story too, even if his comment was that he wished he had as much time as she did to paint watercolours. I adored it! And what a woman to appreciate. Beatrix was not bound by the social conventions of her day and found love after not actively searching for it. I think I could learn a few things from her... And her mother reminded me of another mother I know ;)