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We’ve all watched kids laughing at a joke, then asking that the joke be retold, and laughing again just as heartily the second time, and finally entreating us to retell the same joke. Somehow, for young children, on the third recounting (if it happens at all), the joke remains as new and funny as the first time it was told.
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A new acquaintance of mine has a tailgate full of philosophy … the kind that makes you think for a while. The kind that takes time to sink in.
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After our grown sons moved away from California to take up residence in other states, my husband and I pondered the possibility of leaving our spacious house for a smaller place and eventually came to the conclusion that this was the right thing to do. In reaching this decision, I witnessed in myself two very different, simultaneous reactions.
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Few things are more gratifying that seeing the fruits of our labor and being pleased with them. However, much of what we do is temporarily invisible, only to take shape later on. This can be daunting and often leads to giving up too soon.
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Tuck Everlasting, a children’s classic by Natalie Babbitt written almost 35 years ago and adapted twice for the screen, is a fantastic tale of 10-year-old Winnie Foster who becomes friends with a family of immortals, the Tucks. Through their eyes and experience, she grows to understand that living forever is not all it is imagined to be.
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