The Sound of Music is one of my favorite films. It makes me happy somehow, just to know that everything will be all right every time, that they're going to escape, they have a new life, these children can be happy and so can Maria. And in a way, I guess, so can I.
So when Edelweiss started playing, the Captain (who is gorgeous, by the way, something I didn't appreciate when I was younger,) began singing, and I began crying. I don't think I even realized how much this song means to me. It was the song I danced do at a ballet recital almost an entire decade ago, with five other little girls. I don't think I had even seen the film then, or if I did I didn't remember it. But I thought the song was beautiful.
Now, you have to understand, that was a very difficult time in my life. My family had moved away from all of our friends not long ago, I was still trying to get to know people, which is very difficult for a shy seven year old, and we were having some health worries with my little sister. But this song, it was there, and when I hear it all I can imagine is a little seven year old who wants to dance on her toes someday. It brings back all those memories, both the good ones and the bad ones. It reminds me that things will always be better, even if they don't seem like it at the time. It's cold winters inside and the beginnings of spring and families being there for each other even when no one else will be.
Edelweiss. It's just so beautiful.
