Nights In Rodanthe...A Valentine Prequel

Somewhere in my top-ten favorite movies.  Saturday night, almost Valentines Day (my most favorite day of the year), all alone, and I find this movie, Nights In Rodanthe, on the Lifetime Channel.  Yes!  Yes!  Yes!  OMG, YES! 


I did buy this movie a long time ago, but somehow it disappeared ... I have the DVD case but the DVD itself has long since floated away.  I've accused my daughter of confiscating it the last couple years, and this last time she was home she assured me "for the last time" that she "did not, would not, has not" taken my DVD.  So where is it?


This movie tears me up emotionally!!  But it's all good!!  Diane Lane & Richard Gere extraordinare as they each deal with spousal, children, patient relationships in their individual lives and then what happens between them.   More than just "one" love story and it feels so real to me ... one of the last scenes between mother (Diane Lane) and daughter turns on the faucet of my tears.


The best line in the movie ... After Lane describes her married life and raising children, Gere, in the most tender and caring voice I have ever heard, says to her:  "So who keeps YOU safe?"  Oooooohhh, the way he looks at her, as if he is truly concerned for her well-being.  As if he admired all of her accomplishments and strength in her fallen apart marriage and raising of children.  As if he wanted to take her away, right then, and care for her the way she has spent her life caring for others. 


It's a great question.  One I've thought about myself over the last couple years.  The answer is what I've been seeking.  And waiting. 


Yes, I think "Security", would be real nice.


Really, really nice.


Another exceptional part(s) in this movie are the letters written between them.  The words put down on paper and shared between them.  If anyone ever doubt the power of the written word, all they need to do is watch this movie to understand ... that so many times, that is all you have left.  And thank God, you have that. 


It is so important to write what you feel.  ...  And that is why I do.  ...  I feel blessed that I am able.  It's a beautiful moment when you can "feel" from another's writing ... a powerful moment ... almost as beautiful as writing what you feel.


Nicholas Sparks wrote the book ~ another book, turned movie.  A writer who inspires emotion.  


Valentines Day, two days away!!!  I can't wait to get up in the morning and spend all day writing!!  I'm glad for this movie tonight ... my writing should flow ...


Valentines Day, not a day to say just "I love you" ... but to say "I love us"  ~ That's what the Hallmark commercials are saying this year.  I like that.  A lot.