Comments on: Family Pictures

By: Samantha

Samantha — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:10:55 +0000

This is really beautiful. Capra will always be one of my absolute favorites because of the hopefulness in his movies, which exists in spite of an imperfect world. Lovely.

By: Suzi

Suzi — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:17:31 +0000

A very moving tribute to your family. I can relate so much to what you said — the hallmark of good writing in my book.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:05:48 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful and touching post.

Your parents were a very attractive couple!

With best wishes for a happy new year,
Laura

By: Jacqueline T Lynch

Jacqueline T Lynch — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:01:16 +0000

I love this post, and could probably share memories from my own parallel universe, but just now I prefer your powerful descriptions. Well done.

By: NCeddie

NCeddie — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:39:06 +0000

Beautiful post. While giving us a peek at Moirafinnie’s family life vis-a-vis cinema, we also gained insight into real family vis-a-vis the reel Baileys.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:01 +0000

It’s Christmas night, I’m watching Nicholas Ray’s King of Kings, which I’ve never seen before, and perusing the morlocks’ blogs. Lovely post and greatly appreciated, Moira. What a handsome couple your parents were in their engagement pic. This is our first Christmas without my husband’s dad, who passed away in November. He loved movies, knew lots about them, the actors, actresses, and directors. He also was active in community theatre productions, and we all have fond memories of him acting in the musicals. While we are missing him a lot, we will have the good memories. Merry Christmas, Moira!

By: Zee

Zee — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:48:01 +0000

I normally don’t leave a reply but I just wanted you to know how moved I was after reading this post.

My brother and I used to go to the movies ALL THE TIME growing up and, on only one occasion did our dad go with us. He slept through practically the whole thing and for years my brother and I never understood how he could sleep through such a amazing movie. It wasn’t until years later, now adults ourselves, that we understood how tired he was waking up at 4 o’clock in the morning, five days a week, just to keep a roof over our heads. My dad is alive and well and still doesn’t really care much for movies but he’s always cared for my brother and me and, on this Christmas Eve, I thank you and your post for reminding me of that.