Time Marches On....

Tonight is the night when many people start reflecting about time and how quickly it passes. My grandma used to say that the older you get the faster time goes. Wow, was she right! I always imagine time as "If someone..." For example, "If someone had told me that I would be..... I would have......."
I have always had a fascination with time travel in the screen version.... I am not smart enough to realize it scientifically. I love the thought of changing history or affecting the future by one small moment or gesture. And don't get me started on my view of the whole paradox, time-space continuum thing . Anyhow, I thought I would share the top Movies and TV shows that I have loved that deal with Time Travel in one form or another...... Rate them as you will.

In no particular order.....


Time Bandits

Kevin, a small boy from England, embarks on a time traveling adventure with a group of dwarfs hungry for treasure. They have a map that they have taken from their boss, The Supreme Being, that leads them through time by way of time-holes. Awesome tale woven by Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin. Mix in Sean Connery, Ian Holm, David Rapport and half the cast of Monty Python and you have a grand adventure.

Favorite quote: "Mom! Dad! It's evil! Don't touch it! "

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

Well, aside from the fact that this is early work of Keanu Reeves, this is a fun trip through time. Bill and Ted are dangerously close to failing out of high school when suddenly Rufus ( George Carlin) shows up with a time machine to help them pass their World History report. Why? you ask? So that they can stay together to create the music that brings World Peace and align the planets!

Favorite quote: " Strange Things are afoot at the Circle K"

Quantum Leap

This is one of my all time favorite shows!! It brings back so many memories. Sitting on the floor of my little apartment my first year in the classroom , figuring out lessons for the next week. Sam and I traveled across time, and "made right what once was wrong". Never was there a more awesome series finale either. You had to have seen the whole series to fully appreciate it. I did and still do!! Love me some Scott Bakula!

Favorite Quote: " Oh Boy!!"

Tru Calling

This was a show that lived only 3 seasons. It is along the lines of Quatum Leap, but with a little tweak. Tru is a medical student who works in the morgue. Instead of leaping through time. She touches a corpse and is whooshed back a day to prevent that person from dying. Add in a hysterical Zach Galifianakis as her co-worker in the morgue and handsome Jason Priestly who ends up being her nemesis and you don't care that it always starts with a dead person.

Favorite Quote: "Dude, I'm still alive. I died yesterday.

Millennium

Yep, this one is a little out there. It really isn't that great of a movie, but the plot has such great potential! Forget that Cheryl Ladd and Kris Kristofferson play the leads. So Bill is an airline crash investigator who happened to have been the lone survivor of a plane crash as a kid. Louise is from the future. A future soo polluted that she has to chain smoke in our time to survive. Bill doesn't know this when he meets her, but can't help but think he has seen Louise...... On the plane right before the crash! I love this movie for two main reasons. One: People don't die in plane crashes! and Two: The future, though bleak, has figured out how to fix the bad and save mankind. You'll have to watch it to get the whole gist.

Favorite Quote: "It is not the end. It is not the beginning of the end. It is the end of the beginning. "

Back to the Future

OK, Who could NOT love this movie? A chance to travel back and figure out what your parents did to make your teenage life suck so much, only to find out that one or two changes could either delete you from history or get you a rockin' truck!! Sorry, but Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd really sold this whole trilogy!

Favorite Quote: "You are my density! "

Dr. Who

Okay, I am a newbie to Dr. Who. Here is the scoop. The Doctor is a Time Lord who travels through space and time in his Tartis saving worlds and strange species from evil things like the Daleks. He always has a companion with him who assists him on his adventures. Most often a female. This is a great show for many reasons. It has been on since the 1960's. There have been upward of 11 Doctors. Apparently, Time Lords regenerate into a new person when injured. Brilliant concept! My favorite Doctor is definitely David Tennant, but Matt Smith is growing on me. It is also a show that we watch as a family.

Favorite Quote: "Bow ties are cool!"

So as you reflect on this past year, take a moment to think about which moments you would relive, and which you would change. You never know what possibilities the future may hold!! Happy New Year everyone!

"It's Ok it's what Moms do...."

Recently, my child became ill in the middle of the night which is when kids mostly get sick. So, I tended to her needs and mothered her. She proceeds to apologize for waking me up in the middle of the night. I tell her, "It's ok, 'cause that's what Moms do."

Today, my mom would have celebrated her 81st birthday.
And although she has been gone for 3 years now, it is comforting to recall all that she did for me because she was my mom. She also taught me many things throughout the years. Of those, I share the following........

Never be afraid to try new things, even if you don't know you want to try them. Mom was always finding activities for all of us kids. Arts and crafts, reading clubs, and all kinds of unique experiences. She totally took advantage of our local Parks and Rec programs.

You are never too old to learn new things. Mom went back to get her Masters degree when she was 53, graduated and started working full time after being out of the work force for 18 years to raise her family.

Don't be afraid to be who you are. My mother did not have a demonstrative personality, but she could sit down at a table of strangers and have new friends in a matter of minutes. She was smart, quick witted and genuinely kind hearted.

Children will be your biggest joy and can also be your biggest heartache. No matter what we children did or how we treated her, it was obvious she loved each one of us unconditionally.

Find something you are passionate about. My mom found her passion in art. We had always joked about her idea that when she retired she was going to take painting classes. Well, she did and she was great at it. Several of her paintings adorn my walls.

Enjoy the good things in life around you regardless of the bad. My mom was never a healthy person, but it never stopped her from doing what she loved, whether it was traveling abroad or to the local art gallery, or volunteering at the senior center. I think that positive out look is what helped her survive all the bouts with cancer and such and allowed her to live to a good old age of 78!!


I was fortunate that I had the opportunity to thank my mom several times for all she did for me before she passed. She never said much during those times, but would nod, blink and give me that beautiful smile, which to me always meant, " It's what Moms do. "

Love and miss ya Mom! Happy Birthday!