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2005-02-20 - 11:03 p.m. - the holding back the the flow of tears I saw “Finding Neverland” last night. It’s the type of movie that slowly takes you away to another place and then returns you with such gentleness that you’d swear you had been flying with fairy wings. The last scene where the boy who plays Peter is sitting on the bench with Johnny Depp – I could have easily have gone to pieces, but I held myself back. It was so beautifully acted, but I didn’t want to take myself there to that very emotional place one finds oneself after losing a parent. I had already journeyed there earlier in the day while I was walking my 8 laps around the track near my apartment. I’ve been listening a lot to the new U2 album. The song Bono wrote for his Dad and sang at his Dad’s funeral – “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own” has been bringing tears to my eyes. It’s about Bono’s relationship with his Dad – how they used to fight all the time because they were so alike, but that Bono was trying to be there for him in the end when his Dad was sick. In my case, I’m much more like my Mom, but my Dad and I did have the continuous disagreement of where I should be residing. He always wanted me close to home, but I always had other plans. The climax of the song where Bono hits this great tenor note….”Can – you – hear – me – when – I – Sing”… (there’s the tenor note – the voice Bono inherited from his Dad)…“You’re the reason why the opera is in me…” When I hear those two lines, I replace the word, “sing” with “teach” and “opera” with “teacher”, and the tears start to flow. I really do wish I could have been there for my Dad at the very end. My solace is that the rest of my family was there with him, and my Dad had a strong faith in God that helped him through his dying days. It is a beautiful song…so personal and yet so universal in a way. That’s the beauty of U2…
hearing the call - 2005-05-04
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