Visiting My Mom

 Today not much happened.  I just went and visited my Mom.  The trip to Mom´s house was uneventful.  While I was at Mom´s I ate a brief meal.  We watched a movie about "The Blitz", Mrs. Miniver.  Carol died because she got shot by one of the planes.  It was very sad.  Right before she gets shot a real German plane comes crashing down and burns in a nearby field.  I remember watching the film when I was a kid.  I thought she died in the car.  But she actually died at the house.  It was a Turner Classic Movie.  But because of the setting, the film is unforgettable.  

When I was in Afghanistan, I served with Canadians, English, and Dutch.  So, that setting reminded me of the film.  I always had thought of that film since I was stationed in Afghanistan.  Now, at my Mom's house I watched the film.  The film is both sad, but nostalgic for how the English lived during the Blitz.  There was a scene that indicated how, even though they were being bombed, the English continued on with life.  It was uplifting too.