7/2/2023 0 Comments Better than the movies lynn![]() ![]() “Charm and intrigue can only get you so far, Libby Loo. And to this day, I can still hear my mom’s voice and smell the vanilla of her perfume as she played with my hair and set me straight. Yep-I’d missed the movie’s point completely and had fallen madly in love with the playboy. Why would Bridget give up the cuter one-the charming one-for the person who was the equivalent of one ginormous yawn? How did that even make sense? At that point, it was too late to rescue me from the so-not-first-grade-friendly content, so she snuggled up beside me, and we watched the happy ending together.īut my first-grade brain just couldn’t compute. ![]() ![]() (A house-size cricket might not sound scary, but when it speaks in a robot voice and knows your middle name, it is terrifying.) Bridget Jones’s Diary was playing on the boxy television on top of the dresser, and I’d watched a good portion of the movie before she even noticed me at the foot of her bed. My mother taught me the golden rule of dating before I even hit the second grade.Īt the ripe age of seven, I’d snuck into her room after having a nightmare. “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” He would’ve loved the Stella’s scene and remembered the ketchup. Thank you for letting me read under the blankets when I should’ve been sleeping.Īnd for my beloved dad, who saw the cover but never got to read the book. For my amazing mom, who’s always been my biggest fan, harshest critic, and the woman single-handedly responsible for my distrust of those asshats in the shoe industry. ![]()
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