Also, a TV review of "First Daughter", a cotton candy confection of a movie featuring Tom Cruise's new love, Katie Holmes.
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Christmas 2006, Broken Hearts and Kaitlyn Mae
There is no time of year sadder than the holiday season right after someone suffers a broken heart due to a relationship breakup. Been there and done that. The rest of the country is jovial and happy while inside a heart melts and crumbles with the pain of love gone bad.
It was the Christmas of 1980. My daughter was 3 years old and her father passed away that prior St. Patrick's day. While I had plans to join my family later in the day for Christmas dinner and gift exchanging, it was the first Christmas morning of my then 30 years of existence that I would awake on the holiday, all alone.
Alone save for my precious toddler and perhaps due to my guilt over the loss of her father that might mar HER holiday, I went overboard on gifts under the tree. Indeed a whole kitchen set complete with stove, sink and cupboards sat gleaming and ready to be found by an excited child.
She did, as expected, shout with glee at the sight of her new kitchen set. But instead of running to her bounty to get absorbed in the play, my toddler daughter went and retrieved "her" Christmas morning gift to me. I was surprised because her excitement at giving me that gift was as intense as her excitement at the sight of her own gifts.
It was wrapped in blue construction paper, a really bad wrapping job. Someone likely helped the child to wrap it as she was too small to do it all by herself. Still it looked like a gift a child wrapped and she probably did.
It was a dish that Melissa had decorated with her handprint and the date of its "manufacture".
That was it. That was the sum total of my gifts under the tree for me that Christmas morning. The bigger gift was the joy the child got from retrieving from its under-the-tree resting spot and giving it to me with such exuberance.
There are plenty of others who likely have had much sadder Christmas mornings. For sure I wasn't poor or destitute and could afford to provide for my child. I was, however, lonely and despondent. All my prior Christmas mornings had been exciting events, my husband, stepchildren and baby all gathered around the tree, exchanging gifts, oohing and aahing, as those things go.
Point being a)I know how much sadder the Christmas holidays can make an already sad individual and b)the innocent eyes of a child can make one see the true blessings of the season.
Kaitlyn did the same to my own house full of broken hearts who came to guest with me on Christmas-Eve’s Eve. My three guests had all just been involved in a breakup of either a cherished relationship or a marriage. I was filled with despair that all three of my scheduled guests would be deep in the throes of love lost, this while I hoped to celebrate that quiet evening as my Christmas with Kaitlyn. An exuberant three-year-old at Christmas might not be so welcome to the broken-hearted, or so went my fear.
It’s not easy being three and looking at a pile of presents under a big Christmas tree filled with sparkling lights. For Kaitlyn had to spend some time just looking at the gifts as all guests had not yet arrived and it seemed prudent to wait until this was the case. Kaitlyn did not agree, however, and began to sob her frustration.
It was then that I had to sit the child down and explain to her the concept of ANTICIPATION. I’m not sure that Kaitlyn bought into my tale that sometimes just the excitement of waiting for something to happen can be as joyful as the actual event. She did become enamored of my notion that she had butterflies flitting around in her belly from the excitement.
As each guest arrived Kaitlyn proceeded to explain that she had TEN (I don’t know where she got that number) butterflies in her belly and it’s time to open the gifts.
Each broken heart took joy at the eager child and soon all guests were enjoying homemade chicken wings, deviled eggs, cheese, fruit, home-made cookies and Jewish Apple Cake. Since Kaitlyn received a few games in her gift trove, it was required that one or two be opened and in due course, games were being played, Memories were being recalled, Candy Land roads were traveled. There was no sign of a broken heart in the surround as everyone ate, played games and finally, all sat and sang Christmas songs to Kaitlyn’s surprise, joy and wonderment.
We had a lovely visit this past Advent season, Kaitlyn and I. We went to various Christmas functions in the area, we went shopping, we had a regular pajama party, she and I.
One evening I put Kaitlyn’s hair in curlers. The picture is below but silly me, I forgot to get a picture of her resulting curls.
Still I think Kaitlyn looks fetching as all get out in just the curlers.
Don’t you?
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DISCLAIMER: Movie Reviews
I never see a first-run movie so any movie reviews I do are likely older ones. But if you're looking to rent a DVD for the weekend, or just want a new perspective on a movie you remember fondly, or not-so-fondly, read on.
”First Daughter”, Starring Cruise’s Kaitie Holmes
Movie info at IMDB.com.
Goodness ole Tom Cruise has been jumping on Oprah’s couches over this child so when I saw her name as star in a movie about, well a first daughter, I just had to tune in.
The film, billed as
The girl who always stood out is finally getting the chance to fit in.was so much balderdash.
Katie Holmes is a cutie pie but isn’t she a little young for Tom Cruise? Goodness, she played a teenager in this film.
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Girls around the age of 9 or 10 would like this movie. The film captures all that a pre-pubescent child dreams of: fame, celebrity, beauty, fancy dresses and handsome men to save the day.
Yes Katie plays the President’s daughter who chose to attend a college far away from the glare of D.C. She expresses a desire to be just like anyone else although Katie’s character manages to do more Audrey Hepburn imitations in one movie than anyone in a lifetime. This at a time when the character kept insisting she wanted to be like everyone else!
There’s a love angle. Katie’s character falls for another student who turns out to be a secret service guy. In a fit of pique, the first daughter abandons any pretense at class and hangs out at the local bars, dancing on the tables and other such slut-type activities.
The drama reaches a climax, parents are devastated, until finally, love conquers all.
For me, the movie was a waste of time. I can see and youngish Kaitlyn Mae totally smitten by this movie starring Tom Cruise’s love adolescent.
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