I’ve been meaning to mention the latest movie from Film Movement, The Grocer’s Son. I watched it some time last week but have been preoccupied with getting the house ready to sell so failed to mention it.

It’s worth mentioning because t’s an absolutely fantastic film from France about a grocer who has a heart attack and the reluctant son who goes home to help his mother run the store while his father is recovering.

Part of the wonder of the film is the absolutely gorgeous French countryside the story is set against. It’s a way of life I didn’t know existed!

I have been steadily impressed with the Film Movement offerings.

Yeah, women should be able to do everything men are able to do. But where do you go with something like this?

I graduated from Texas A&M so a good number of my friends joined the National Guard. But with one exception, they were all male. The idea was that you’d be available for your country but would likely only have to serve one weekend a month and would only be called away for a national emergency. This decision is most often made before kids come into the picture. If kids do happen to come into the picture, there is very likely a female available to take care of those kids for you so you can serve your country. But what happens if you are female, made this decision before kids, but have kids now and don’t have anyone you can count on to take care of them while you are off serving your country?