Timely Tuesday - Tangled

This past weekend while our grandson was with us, we decided to take him to a movie.  We check out the schedule and the only two movies for young children are Yogi Bear and Tangled.  Not really sure if he has been to a movie, so we asked him what movie he would like to see.  He was quick to say that he has seen Yogi Bear with Grammie (his mommy's mother).  That's when we knew that he would OK to take him to the theatre.  We said we would go and watch TANGLED.  He asked a few questions about it and agreed that he would like to see it.  Of course once we got to the theatre, you have to have Popcorn and a drink (pop for me and soda for him), actually it was Coke Zero.  He really wanted that other drink which is full of sugar and blue in color.  I think he was disappointed but he is such a great boy that he did not argue, nor throw a tantrum nor cried all the way to the theatre.  He sat quietly eating the popcorn and drank Coke Zero a little sip at a time.  I think the movie was a bit long for him to sit still, but he did.  What was funny was when we drop him off to his mommy's house, he would not remember anything he did with us.  I guess he was just too excited to be back home even though when we were telling him earlier that he would have to go back home after the movie, he made his little sad almost teary eyed look.  We know that he loves to stay at Grampa and Ola's house but I was a bit puzzled that he would not remember anything he did.  I thought most kids would be so excited to tell their parents what they did and how much fun they had at Grampa's.  Oh bother.  Although a bit tiring for old people like us, it sure brings so much joy and happiness when we have him sleepover and hang out with us.

Even though we did not see it in 3D, it was still a good movie for me.  It's not scary and it had a happy ending.  The truth is that I don't remember reading the book Rapunzel as a child.  I don't even remember reading this book to my children.  The floating lantern was amazing.  Her parents unending love without losing faith was incredible - 18 years of devotion .  This is the part that was a bit teary for me, the loss of a child.  At least in this movie the child came back after many years.  As a parent, losing a child is probably the most excruciating pain you will ever experience.  It is also the one incident in your life that one will never forget.  Maybe this is the word that would best describe how I feel about my son's death - TANGLED - defined as mixed up, confused, twisted, and snarled.