The impressions we make ...

On Sunday I was at my local nail spa which plays a movie on a loop when you are there.  So depending when you arrive you may be at any place along the loop.  When I arrived, I caught the last 5 minutes of the movie.  Now I'm not someone who ever reads the last pages of a book first, but when you are a captive audience....The movie had Robin WIlliams in it but I had not remembered it being in the theaters. [spoiler alert] He dies in the movie. He attempts suicide but that's not what kills him.  Almost in retrospect an eerie foreshadowing.

It was surprising to so many people I talked to since last night how profoundly the passing of Robin Williams has impacted us. Mork & Mindy ran its course during my high school years, his stand-up routine on golf was always a sure fire pick me up, but it's Mrs.Doubtfire that will be the role I probably remember the most fondly.  It's one of those movies that when our family is together (age 86 to 10) we can watch it and laugh all together.
I was given my first birthday card on the weekend.  The sentiment was very special to me. And as I re-read it tonight I realized that it is, albeit a different vantage point,  much the same sentiment I feel about Robin Williams.

It's a bit of a melancholy day, as today was also my Aunt Penny's birthday.  She passed away a number of years ago after a long battle with breast cancer.  She fueled my love of  reading and was a strong proponent of women's rights.  I think she would really have loved to read my blog every day.  One of the necklaces featured yesterday was bought with her on my last visit to New Zealand.  We bought 2 - one for her and one for me.  We said we would wear them and remember the wonderful day we had spent together.  

To sum it up....we share moments through our lives that make impressions, far beyond our days here on earth. I'm planning another 50 years of impressions still to come  :-)