A year ago tonight, after a family Christmas shopping trip,
my then-17-year-old son took me to see The
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Tonight,
we watched it again on DVD so my guys could be up to speed for viewing The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
Well, I didn’t actually watch the whole thing tonight. I
just hung around long enough to hear my favorite piece of dialogue. When Bilbo
is trying to decide if he should journey with the dwarves to hunt down their
enemy, the dragon Smaug, he questions the wizard Gandalf: “Can you promise me
that I will come back?”
Unflinchingly, Gandalf
replies, “No ~ and if you do, you will not be the same.”
No promises, that's why we must live each day to the fullest. I always thought I did live each day to the fullest until I was diagnosed with cancer. Now I have a completely different perspective on living live to the fullest. Love you, girl! Suzanne R.
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