Born Free
This is one of the first movies I ever remember watching. I have always loved animals, especially cats, and the story of Elsa stuck with me emotionally. (My husband doesn’t like me to watch it because I spend half the movie crying. Yes, I’m aware that Elsa doesn’t die in the movie. But she dies in the NEXT movie and that is so sad.)
ELO
I really wasn’t into popular music until someone gave me an Electric Light Orchestra 45 for my 12th birthday. “Turn to Stone” became an instant favorite and I had to have the album. Then I had to have all of the albums. I was hooked! Fell in love with many of their songs, including 10538 Overture. (So imagine my delight when one of my favorite bands, Def Leppard, did a cover of this tune a few years ago. Joy!)
The Chronicles of Narnia
A friend introduced me to this series shortly after my father died, when I was about eleven. After my father’s passing, my perception of the world changed and I became more ‘aware.’ Enter a series that took me to a fantastic, magical world while laying down Christian principles and ideals. My imagination took off from that point, leading me on many great adventures. The movies haven’t been perfect, however - watching previews for the very first one and hearing Aslan roar sent chills down my spine and brought tears to my eyes.
My father and my husband
Before he died, I followed my father everywhere. I wanted to do whatever he was doing. I could spend hours in his workshop (he was a carpenter by trade) just quietly polishing his rock collection while he worked. I adored him and it’s a shame I never got to know him better.
Those are my picks. What are yours?
I was good friends with my husband for over 6 months before we started dating. I think that is a great way to start a relationship. Great picks for the blogfest. :)
ReplyDeleteThe Chronicles of Narnia were favourites of mine too!
ReplyDeleteI love your first love stories. I also lost my dad when I was young, so I completely understand your feelings. <3
Great posting. I too like the Chronicles of Narnia series. :)
ReplyDeleteSome good choices!
ReplyDeleteCiara, it is, because it lays such a good foundation.
ReplyDeleteI've been following this blogfest all morning and you're the first to mention a parent as a first love. It struck me because I didn't think of it either but my dad was absolutely my first love. I adored him. Still do.
ReplyDeleteSweet! Our parents really are our first love. Nice choices. I loved Born Free too.
ReplyDeleteI remember liking ELO as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating in my blogfest!
I've never seen Born Free but I can still her Andy Williams singing the theme song in my head. ELO -- great group.
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Love Narnia. So sweet to hear how much you loved your dad. I wish I could have known him better, too. He had a lot of great stories to tell, and I'm grateful I had the chance to hear some of them while he was bedridden.
ReplyDeleteI can't talk about Born Free without tearing up. It was so heart grabbing.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the 21 years together.
Great Choices!
ReplyDeleteWe all love something...right!
Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]
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Yes, I love Narnia. I think I've seen Born Free, but I can't remember. It looks like a great movie and very familiar. :)
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I've sadly never read the Chronicles of Narnia. I want to, and I will someday, it's just one of those things that have slipped by.
ReplyDeleteI love your words about your husband. That he's your hero. That's just sweet.
I remember that ELO album. Great stuff.
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The Freedom of Nonbelief
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Those are great pics and I think Narnia might have been one of my first literary loves too.
ReplyDeletei have seen all the parts of narnia, nice pics these all.
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LD, thank you.
ReplyDeleteLee, the song was beautiful. Won an Oscar even.
Cleemckenzie, I can't either.
Oooh, Born Free! I loved that movie, even though, as a little girl, it made me cry and cry and cry!
ReplyDeleteHi Diane! I enjoyed your post. I still cry when I watch Born Free.
ReplyDeleteNarnia was mine too :)
ReplyDeleteHA! I had almost a crush a month for a long time. But when I found love, I made sure to keep it :)
ReplyDeleteWas Born Free also a TV series? I have a vague recollection of that, though I could be wrong.
ReplyDeleteSorry you had so little time with your dad. I'm glad you have your husband. Sounds like a keeper.
xoRobyn
Great choices. Narnia is a fantastic series. I agree, the movies have only been so-so.
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Great choices. Narnia is a fantastic series. I agree, the movies have only been so-so.
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great choice on books. i didn't read about Narnia until i was in high school.
ReplyDeleteLove these picks! Great choices. I loved Elsa and that movie - I'd forgotten completely about it - thanks for the reminder. :)
ReplyDeleteBorn Free was a great movie, and I had that ELO album. It was a great one.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. When I met my husband, it was different, too. I knew I was stuck with him from that moment on. I mean, absolutely sure. Congrats on the long marriage. We're coming up on 18 years.
I love Born Free too! Very different and refreshing. Good selections, Diane.
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Nancy, I still cry and cry.
ReplyDeleteSusanne, it's just so sad. Either that or we are total saps.
Robyn, for one year it was a TV series.
Mary, congrats on 18 years.
I feel I was late on Narnia having only read them a few years ago
ReplyDeleteI have never seen Born Free but it does look like a good movie. I loved reading The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe too, as well as seeing the original movie. The special effects weren't quite the same as Narnia but the message was the same
ReplyDeleteI remember shedding lots of tears when I watched Born Free.
ReplyDeleteI was a daddy's girl too. I miss mine every day.
Great answers to all the 'prompts'! I'm glad to know fellow cat lovers on the web :) It makes me sad that so many people in the world don't understand the magic of felines!
ReplyDeleteELO, now there's another kind of magic!
I have never read C.S. Lewis's books...something I do intend to remedy someday, even if I'm not into the Christian principle thing ;)
This was a sweet tribute to your father - so sad that you lost him that young. But your husband sounds wonderful. I think it's most important to be friends first!
This was a great firsts post. Some good choices. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great first loves post!! I haven't thought of ELO in years but I really liked them and remember seeing them in concert. I loved how you wrote about your first loves people. I wish I would have thought to write about my dad too and then phrase things the way you did about my husband - perfect!!
ReplyDeleteGreat movie and I, too love ELO!
ReplyDeleteI didn't get to have my Dad, as long as I wanted either. Your first is so heartwarming and what a great finish~
Great loves Diane. I remember ELO; but haven't heard them in years. I may have too google some songs :)
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I share your loves in the movie, book and song range. All great choices. For some of us, love is not complicated. First love is it!
ReplyDeleteDenise
Great stories, Diane. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSome great choices you made there. I picked my husband for first love too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us.
Heather
Susan, I cry every time I watch Born Free.
ReplyDeleteTrisha, cats are very unique.
Martha, seeing them in concert with the giant flying saucer would be wonderful.
I have to say that all the guys before my hubby were just crushes and that "in love with love" thing too. I love your post, especially the part about your dad and husband.
ReplyDeleteborn free... what a great movie! awesome first love!:)
ReplyDeleteLove this blogfest! Also loved Born Free - wow, trying to remember how old I was when it came out. :) My first romantic love was my husband as well.
ReplyDeleteI love ALL of your picks! And I can totally relate to what you said about your father.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tyrean.
ReplyDeleteKaren, it came out in 1965, the year before I was born.
Thank you to everyone who left a comment. Now I feel like getting a bottle of wine, throwing on the ELO album, and sobbing my way through Born Free.
Great picks. After the A to Z challenge, I was too tired to join another blogfest. But I'd pick Stephen King's Salem's Lot, Star Wars, some kid I won't mention from the second grade, and The Police: Synchronicity.
ReplyDeleteChronicles of Narnia has a special spot in my heart, because it was the one I was reading when my Doorways characters came into my head. It was also the story that had Doorways's What If question come up. :-D
ReplyDeleteGreat first loves! Narnia's a wonderful pick!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your love!
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Because of your post I am going online to get some ELO. It is rare to hear them here in Asia, and slightly better in the U.S. Thanks for the reminder. Sometimes we tend (or at least I do) the really cool bands that made a splash and then receded into rockdom's abyss.
ReplyDeleteSound a touching post, and your husband sounds like a lucky man to have such a devoted and loving wife.
ReplyDeleteChronicles of Narnia is definitely one of my first loves too. Roald Dahl's books too.
Jai