stories

i take such pleasure in a good story. i enjoy learning lessons from them and being able to care for the characters. tonight i did just that.

mommy and i had been anticipating the release of miss potter for some time now. tonight we were finally able to watch this story unfold. the bittersweet tale of this dear author followed her life, told so sweetly, complete with both her joys and her sorrows. while i was at first disappointed for the lack of a perfect fairy tale ending, i appreciated the respect taken for the life of the author and the lessons to be learned from her own experience.

it made me appreciate the precious gift i have been given with the relationships i have with both of my parents. my mommy is one of my dearest friends, and i am truly my daddy's girl. i watched a woman whose own dear parents misunderstood her, expecting her to change her very nature and ignore her gifting in order to fit society's mold. as much as they loved her, they still wanted their own way for her. how blessed i am to have my parents love me for who i am, not who they would have me be.
"my mother and i have come to an understanding; we have agreed not to understand each other." -miss potter









i also took such joy in watching two people who truly loved each other conduct their relationship with great purity and respect. their chastity was so refreshing as they expressed their feelings with words and written letters to each other rather than momentary passion. as pastor gary reminded us during his sermon on biblical femininity, a season of loneliness is far better than a lifetime of regret. i was encouraged by the counter-cultural example shown by beatrix and norman. i hope to wait for just such a man of my own.

i enjoyed the friendships shown, the artistic gifting of beatrix and especially her imagination. while the film did not change her story (even though at certain parts i wished it had in order to spare her and myself as the viewer, pain) i did enjoy "miss potter." it was charming and even almost quaint in how it veered from the normal venue coming from hollywood.
a truly special story.

"stories don't always end where their authors intended. but there is joy in following them, wherever they take us. " -miss potter