The Sound of Music
What does this image bring to your mind? I hear that soundtrack beginning, my heart soars. Without a doubt, it is my favorite movie of all time. As a little girl, I used to stand in my yard and pretend I was Julie Andrews/Maria Von Trapp. I would twirl just as she did at the start and sing and imagine those majestic mountains surrounding me.
I have a secret. I wear a ring Julie Andrews used to own. My mother found it at an estate sale with authentication papers. It is platinum band with seven tiny diamonds in a line. It is one of my most treasured material possessions. A few weeks ago, I lost it; and I was very very depressed. I rarely ever take it off. You probably know that Julie Andrews has lost that unbelievably gorgeous voice due to a surgical mishap to remove nodules on her vocal chords. I think it is one of the greatest personal tragedies -- for such a beautiful voice to be silenced. And yet, she has not been silenced. She continues to act in select movies and sing in a limited range. She has triumphed over her own personal adversity with dignity and grace. And that.....that is the standard I aspire to achieve.
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posted by Anonymous | 7:56 AM
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That is a powerful image. I've recently had the pleasure of seeing the movie with my young girls, and we've been singing songs from it ever since.
ohh... really hope the ring shows up soon. It just may surprise you and show itself just when you need it most.
I'm a Sound of Music fan too!
One of my first albums- that I managed to buy as a kid- with my own allowance was the original soundtrack LP.
While other kids played KISS full-blast, I was acting out Maria Von Trapp:
"When the dog barks,
when the bee stings,
when I'm feeling sad.
I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel soooooooooooooooo baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!" [director's cue: here I grab the drapes as an idea flashes to mind... I just found out how to make new playclothes for the children].
Oops, I got carried away!
yesterday I was in a traffic jam of sorts and this car next to me had on loud rap music. I sure wish it been the Sound of Music score or Josh Groban or similar. Oh well, you date yourself somewhat windfall woman. No problem, I still have my Eisenhower jacket I got in the Army. As long as I wake every morning - life is good. I really wish I could say the same for over 2,000 u.s. military who died in Iraq. Old Baldy
Hope you find that ring soon.
Thank you for the images and memories. Also the class that is becoming more rare (therefore valuable)in the world today. It still exists in people like you.
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at River-Tree Whispers.
did you try the pipes under your sinks? Found a ring that way and I don't even remember taking it off, must of come off while I was washing my hands. Also try under your bed, you never know what you can do in your sleep.
Hope you find it, love that movie. I taught "Do a deer" to Ari already.
I love that movie. There is one scene that is my personal favorite,, when they are in the gazebo and they sing to each other about "must have done something good". . . that is how my life has felt and that song has been running through my head for the last two weeks.
Those are great aspirations and I will pray that your ring shows back up in your life.
For the most part I am not necessarily a fan of musicals, but one can not dislike this movie. My very first "real" date (that I actually picked a girl up at her home and met her parents) was to see this movie on opening night in Chicago. That was the only "opening" of a movie I have ever attended. The night, the movie and the date were most memorable.
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