I have been looking forward to going to see Mama Mia. I got to see it on stage at the Walton Arts Center so I knew it would be good. The movie came out Friday but we were still on the road . Danielle, Cindy and I had a date to meet Saturday night to see it. Danielle had a friend with her so we piled in the front row ( you can put your feet on the railing there!). We have popcorn in hand and huge diet cokes perched in the little holders - waiting for the movie to start. I realize right away that I am in trouble. This movie is about a young girl getting married---- much like Danielle. There were a few uncomfortable times in the movie like when she and her mom got in an argument and she said " You don't want me to get married anyway. Why cant you just be excited for me?" I had a weird feeling of dread that there would be too many things in this movie that I had been looking forward to that would "hit home." I mean, they live on an island in Greece. We lived on Crete for a year. Danielle will be moving to an island after she is married . Her mom is having a hard time letting go and thinks Sophie is a little too young to get married. Her mom has goats . Wait. I don't have a goat but anyway... We did find a few laughs during the movie. I have Danielle convinced that I will find out where her bachelorette party is and totally act out what Donna ( the mom) did for Sophie ( the daughter's) last night as a single woman. I seriously think it would be fun to dress up and sing Abba songs ! There was a tear jerker moment when Sohie was getting dressed for her wedding and her mom was helping her. It reeled me forward to December when that will be me. Can I let her go? Does she realize that I am just sad because she is my baby? This is the song that Donna sang as she was getting Sophie ready to begin the next stage in her life. Yeah... it got me. I had a lump in my throat for quite a while.
Slipping Through My Fingers.
Song by Siobhan McCarthy
DONNA:
Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye
With an absent-minded smile
I watch her go
With a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm loosing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Sleep in our eyes
Her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake
I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone
There's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt
I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
Well some of that we did
But most we didn't
And why I just don't know
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
DONNA & SOPHIE:
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers -
DONNA:
Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
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