Saturday, May 2, 2009
You know how I do love me a good mini-series...
The upside of being sick and flat out on the couch for the last 36 hours is that I've spent 8 of those with our founding fathers.
This was one of my favorite scenes in the John Adams HBO mini-series. I'm more grateful now for the freedoms I enjoy than I have been in quite some time. (And that's something that I like to think I spend a lot of energy on in the first place.) I love America, love her with all my heart and soul, and hope there isn't anyone who knows me who doesn't know that about me.
I tear up, just thinking about how glorious and amazing, really, our country's beginnings were. I'm so incredibly grateful for men and women who sacrificed so many things, on so many levels, that we might have the freedoms that we enjoy. "God save our American States", is right.
I love-love-loved this mini-series, even if I was a little too braindead to pay the kind of strict attention it merited. If you have a chance to see it, please do. John Adams would want you to know what they did for us, what he personally sacrificed, that we may have our independence. Oh, this story was a beautiful thing, and the series was incredibly well done.
PS - If I were pregnant right now, and I knew it was a girl (two more ridiculous "what if's" have probably never come out of me, but if I were, and it was), I'm telling you right now that I'd name that baby Abigail, after Abigail Adams. Seriously, I loved her spunk, her wisdom, her long suffering, and her all encompassing love of her husband. (Besides, I think Abby's a cute little nickname.)
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Roger and I rented this from Netflix not too long ago and enjoyed it too. I wish we had more men like that in government now. And Abigail is a cute name, good taste!
Oh, my goodness! I'm crying and I'm not even sure who half those men are. What a wonderful time to be alive and what a scary thing to be involved in. I love how it portrayed the immensity of their votes. I need to watch the rest!
Oh, see, Tiffany... I KNEW I LIKED YOU. (For a lot of reasons, but that you and George watched this movie, too, just warms my heart.) I loved (LOVED) this movie. Wasn't it fabulous? I am in love with John Adams a little bit, even now. And Thomas Jefferson, too. And, as always, George Washington. Honestly, what great (INCREDIBLE) men they were - what a huge debt of gratitude we owe them for having fought for what they believed in.
And, Julie, you would LOVE this mini-series (LOVE IT!). I thought to myself, more than once, actually, that if you and Shelly and I were watching it together, we'd probably go through a whole box of kleenex. Seriously, it is a FABULOUS production. I've thought and felt more in regards to the Revolution in the past 2 days than I had in quite some time. It was incredibly thought provoking, and is said to have mirrored the John Adams book that came out a few years back very closely. Obviously, it's told from the perspective of John Adams, so you don't get the full scoop on all of the Revolutionary men, but... oh, it's fabulous. Now I want to read up on Jefferson, in a big way. ... And I wish I knew Abigail Adams. You would LOVE her. (I'm pretty sure you'd want to name a baby after her, too.) The love story between John and Abigail is absolutely beautiful. I'm tearing up, just remembering the very last scene. Oh, you HAVE to watch this one. You'd love it. (Just be aware that it's 7 episodes, and requires a lot of brain power to follow, so you'll want to ditch the kids & husband ... okay, maybe not the husband, but definitely the kids, so you can focus.)
Missed you at Church - you get sick way too often! Hope you feel better soon. Ben and Jerry's mint cookie is my absolute fav ice cream!
I MUST watch it! Supposedly I am related to the the Adams! I have them on my family tree. Cool huh? Sorry that you're sick!
Lorielle... I knew I liked you. Having the same fav ice cream is yet another thing in the list of things we have in common. :-)
And Kelsey... that's AWESOME that you're related to the Adams. They are my favorite family right now. John Adams was pretty darn cool (as were all of the founding fathers, in their own rights), but that he married such a free thinking and outspoken woman, esp in that day and age, endears me to him like none other. Abigail Adams ROCKED MY WORLD. She was so aware, so involved (through her husband) and so brave... Truly, an impressive woman. I love that you have them in your family tree! :-)
This is one of my favorite things on earth! It gave me such an even bigger appreciation for our Founding Fathers. I feel like john Adams is the forgotten Founding Father. He played such a crucial part in getting the Revolution ball rolling He is my favorite pres, (after my beloved Lincoln, of course) and I think every American should watch this movie!
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