WE WENT INTO THE MOVIES Y'ALL!!

1 year ago things started to shut down around here, Utah had just had their first reported case, and chaos was swirling around our nation and our world! Little did we know that there we gonna be many "lasts" to last us for a while. Wes and I talked about when the last time we had gone to a movie was, or even what the last movie was we saw...we had no recollection of what we had seen last :(

We decided going to a movie was in order, and we knew just the one to watch. As I stood in line for our MOVIE THEATRE popcorn and soda, I felt like a child exploring every nook and cranny of this giant building. The lights, the sounds, the smells...everything was glorious! A little girl kept watching me as I snapped pictures of this moment, but truly I had no idea how much I had missed this little piece of "normal" life.

The halls were much more empty than normal, everyone in masks and people keeping their distance. There was one single employee running the concession stand, in fact, the only employee we saw. It made me think how many people have lost their jobs in this pandemic. Teens trying to learn how to manage work, bills, and life. Parents trying to give their kids the best life they can offer, grandparents trying to make ends meet because their money can only be stretched so far...all gone and it hurts my heart.

As we waited for the movie to begin, we dove into this luxurious bucket of popcorn, hot, fresh, and sooo delicious bucket of popcorn....Again, I was analyzing all the things i've taken for granted. Dates with my man, fresh friggin bucket of popcorn, giant sodas (we like them huge around here in the US) and everything in between. With a huge grateful heart, I sat there.

We watched Disney's "Raya and the Last Dragon"

The story line behind this was uncannily familiar, gut wrenchingly straightforward and if you are paying attention...you'll understand what I mean. A world torn apart from greed and selfishness, a young girl looking to find peace in what seems to be an impossible feat. It's beautifully orchestrated and keeps you very engaged the whole time.

As I write this, my heart hurts...because I know this is reaching to every inch of the world to anyone with the capability of having a computer and internet. The sadness grows, as I know each person reading this has been affected in one way or another by COVID19, this pandemic has changed the way we run on a daily basis...doesn't matter where you live or what you are doing. You've maybe lost someone, had this bloody virus yourself, watched family suffer from losing jobs, food, money, drowning in medical bills...whatever it is...it's touching EVERYONES lives. It hurts me to the core.

Many of you know our family (besides my man DV) had COVID in January, it was not fun to go through...that's for sure. The worst part came when our daughter couldn't recover and ended up in the hospital, admitted for days with no answers to what this virus has done to her young body. We don't know the long term affects of this yet...and I pray it just turns to a bad memory of the past. I pray she can have babies one day, and that part of her long term healing isn't anything worse than what she has gone through already.

I digress.

I am so very grateful to be aware and enjoy the little things, there is so very much I took for granted in this life. If anything positive has come from this virus taking over our world, it's this...I see more love and light from others than ever before. I sure hope that our world can heal, that people can learn to trust one another a little bit more, and that maaaaybe.....just maybe humanity can turn into something beautiful in my lifetime <3

ALL PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY ME

THANK YOU ALL FOR STICKING AROUND TO READ THIS POST <3 so so much love and light from me to you!!