In the movie Nights in Rodanthe, Richard Gere and Diane Lane begin a whirlwind romance after he stays at her beach house bed and breakfast while visiting to rebuild a relationship with his estranged son. They fall in love and life looks as though it will be a happily ever after story.
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After taking a mission trip overseas to provide medical care with his son, Dr. Paul Flanner, Gere’s character is killed. His son delivers the news to Adrienne Willis, Lane’s character. Of course she falls apart.
There’s a scene in the movie where Adrienne sits on the back deck of her North Carolina beach home staring out at the ocean full of devastation. Her best friend, Jean (Viola Davis) sits next to her. She then reaches out her hand and holds Adrienne’s. She didn’t say anything. She didn’t try to fix anything. She just sat in silence with her best friend and let her grieve. I love the true picture of friendship in that scene. It’s the best part of the movie, in my opinion.
This past December I knew it was time to make some changes. I could feel myself slipping back into some old ways that I wasn’t happy with. Specifically my eating habits and the lack of exercise. Refusing to allow myself to get on the scale, I couldn’t deny that something was changing. My clothes were getting a little tight.
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