Fresh Eyes

I think we should all be grandmas first. I know this is an old cliche, but it is so true in my case.
My granddaughter loves to "sleepover" at our condo. I am so blessed that she loves to come and stay with us.
Last night she brought the movie "Home Alone" to watch. I haven't watched this all the way through sinceI first took Jill and Jackie to see it when it originally came out in 1990. It occurred to me that after 27 years, it still has all the appeal it did for an 8 year old as it did whenI took them. They laugh at the same stomach wrenching, toe-curling violent scenes. The slapstick comedy has never gone out of style.
Watching Alanna laugh and giggle made me feel like I had gone back to 1990 and was watching it for the first time. Fresh eyes.
The older we become, the more often we feel we have seen it all and done it all and experienced it all. I have to admit that i have felt this way for some time already. But, as I have learned, I have not seen it all. Her fresh eyes brought me back to when I watched my daughters laugh and giggle at the same spots in the movie. I had long forgotten what it felt like to watch children laugh and giggle in pure innocent joy.
Childhood is a time of innocence. laughter and joy. Alanna brings childhood back to me at a time when i think my childhood was not so much about laughter and innocence.
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