Remembering.......

Last week I went to a matinee. A group of us sat in the darkened theater and watched "Goodbye Christopher Robin." It was a lovely movie. I hadn't read any reviews so had no idea what to expect....but I didn't expect what I saw! This was the author's story....how he came to write the Winnie the Pooh series and what it did to his family. I found it fascinating......sometimes sweet, often sad. Sort of like the books.

My mother introduced me to Pooh when I was young. I have a very distinct memory of taking a bath, mom sitting nearby and reading pages out loud and both of us laughing at some of the Pooh-isms. I was probably five or six and she'd read the book to me several times. It was a favorite. Years later, I read it over and over to each of our children when they were young. I never got tired of it. And after seeing the movie last week I am going to "borrow" our old copy from my daughter and read it all over again. Some of Pooh's wisdom just never goes out of style. My thanks to A.A. Milne.

“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.” 

“Some people care too much. I think it's called love.” 

“You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” 

“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.” 

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” 

If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.” 

“I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true”

“When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.” 

“Think it over, think it under.”