Last night, I had the privilege of seeing the film The King's Speech. The film follows King George VI, brilliantly played by Colin Firth, and his rise to power, while also chronicling his fight against his unbearable stammer. Enlisting the help of an unorthodox speech therapist, also excellently played by Geoffrey Rush, the two fight the battle of ridding of the King's stutter. The King's Speech is a film that will always stay very near and dear to my heart, only because I too have to deal with the burden of stuttering. I admit, that after the ending of this film, I cried for almost 1/2 an hour afterwards, not because I was sad, but because I had finally found something that truly understood how hard it is to have stutter.
While I agree that stuttering can be a horrible burden to have, it's also taught me a lot about tolerance and being a good person. Without stuttering, I don't think I'd be a writer, or be funny, or understand people as well as I do. It's true, I'm almost inable to speak in front of a group, but I don't think I'd trade all of the great things that stuttering has taught me throughout my life, just so I can talk in front of people.
I can't possibly give The King's Speech a letter grade, it'd be completely too biased. But what I can give it, is a thank you, for reaching out to a minority of people who's voices needed to be heard.
On another note, today was beautiful outside. Slightly rainy, cloudy, not too windy. Perfect read-in-the-park weather. So that's exactly what I did. I took my copy of All Quiet On The Western Front and went on a walk in the park, sat down, and read a chapter. It's times like these that I remember how blessed I am to have the liberty of being able to just go do stuff like this. But now, it's raining, hailing, windy, and thunderous outside. That all equates to awesome.
Today is also my good friend Alana Arcaro's birthday. Happy 15th birthday Alana! I can't believe I've known you for almost 2 years already! Crazy how much time flies by kiddo. Have a good one, I know you already did :)
Tomorrow, I get my cast, and then it's Christmas Eve/Christmas. I actually forgot that Saturday was Christmas, until my friend Rayna reminded me. I'm losing my Christmas spirit folks! I guess it kind of comes with age.
That's all I've got to say for now :) Thanks for reading.
On another note, today was beautiful outside. Slightly rainy, cloudy, not too windy. Perfect read-in-the-park weather. So that's exactly what I did. I took my copy of All Quiet On The Western Front and went on a walk in the park, sat down, and read a chapter. It's times like these that I remember how blessed I am to have the liberty of being able to just go do stuff like this. But now, it's raining, hailing, windy, and thunderous outside. That all equates to awesome.
Today is also my good friend Alana Arcaro's birthday. Happy 15th birthday Alana! I can't believe I've known you for almost 2 years already! Crazy how much time flies by kiddo. Have a good one, I know you already did :)
Tomorrow, I get my cast, and then it's Christmas Eve/Christmas. I actually forgot that Saturday was Christmas, until my friend Rayna reminded me. I'm losing my Christmas spirit folks! I guess it kind of comes with age.
That's all I've got to say for now :) Thanks for reading.
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