I wasn’t quite sure how to start this post as this is kind of long. I’m writing this on Friday evening and we got back a little while ago from Emily’s school. They had a movie night to raise money for the 8th grade field trip to D.C.

They showed the Disney Pixar movie, “UP.” It’s been out for a while, but if you haven’t seen this movie, yet, all I can tell you is that it’s not what you may be expecting. I expected a light-hearted comedy, as most Pixar movies are.

What I got was tear-jerking and thought-provoking instead.

This movie tugs at heartstrings you never thought you had. Tissues required.

Rather than me explain what this movie is about, watch the clips below. I have now seen this movie twice, and both times, I cried like a baby and I know I’m not alone. Why didn’t somebody warn me! If the first few minutes doesn’t ‘get’ to you, then you truly have no soul.

I talk about ‘somedays’ a lot, and for good reason.

As human beings, regardless of our culture, regardless of what side of the globe we live on, no matter what the color of our skin is, all of us want to love and be loved… to spend our life doing the things most important to us with the people that matter most.… like Carl & Ellie.

I’ve seen most of the Pixar films, and while all of them have a good message, I think one of comments on YouTube says it best.

The fact that an ANIMATED movie can make you feel a whole spectrum of emotions in under five minutes without any words being spoken, within the first ten minutes of a film, says so much about Pixar. You feel like you know Carl & Ellie personally & so well, which is what makes the very last scene all the more heartbreaking. I also love how the music perfectly captures every moment.? Movie of the year, hands down.

Carl & Ellie have their ‘someday’, too, as you’ll see in this clip. Ellie has her Adventure Book with her list of “Stuff I’m Going to Do” and as you watch the two clips below, think about your ‘somedays’ and what you’re going to do about them.

I assure you, if you haven’t given it much thought before, you will now.

Thanks for the Adventure

I wasn’t sure if I should add this clip in a second post, but I think it’s important to see these powerful messages together.

I know watching “UP” for a second time has not only reaffirmed the importance of my ‘somedays’, but the urgency in making sure that before I leave this planet, I AM going to make them happen.

Life: Spending time doing the things that matter most with the people that we love.

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