Whoaaaaaa Mel, a blog post from 2014!! Also: "I've literally aged almost the same amount covered in the film." Meta nostalgia. I loved reading your movie review (and this comment).
Well written piece as always. I think it went by so fast (for me) because I wasn't there to hear every detail and watch as Aaron's 4 years flew by. So I felt removed in a way. I felt like when he left for college it was much more impactful in a way because I was there with him every step of the way. It's harder (and easier) being one step removed and life happens so much faster.
"It's harder (and easier) being one step removed and life happens so much faster." So true, and so beautifully, succinctly said. It seems like, no matter what I try to write, that bittersweet paradox is at the heart. 💜
I felt the tears just watching the trailer…. Eek. My one and only is 22 and just graduated a week ago. He leaves for grad school at the end of the summer, a 4 hour drive away. (He commuted and lived at home for undergrad.) I am trying to keep it together but oh boy, it’s hard.
What a huge moment, Elle, congratulations (and a gentle pat on the shoulder). I'm an only child, and I also lived at home and commuted for my first year of undergrad, and moved out my sophomore year. My Mom tells me now that it was so big for her. Thank you so much for your comment.
Check out a documentary called The Kids Grow Up; I haven’t watched it since it came out and I’m sure it would land more heavily now that my kids are 20 and 23!
I got all emotional watching some of the graduation ceremonies at C's college and I don't even have a graduate this year (but will next year). I've already started looking around the apartment in preparation for her move back so I have lots of time to adjust 😬
I am very much a ceremony person -- the only one in my family. Marking milestone moments in life is very important to me. And I too am preparing for my daughter's move back! And taking time to adjust...and what that adjustment will actually entail...will probably be hashed out in the next one hundred newsletters!
Congratulations on this really big milestone! Another transition. When my daughter was about to enter kindergarten and having some big feelings about it, she said, "You know I don't like changes!" Me either, kid. My kids were in high school when that movie came out, and it hit HARD. I haven't seen it since. Not sure if I'd want to? Maybe. What I can say from the viewpoint of the late mid-20's is that you just never know how things are going to go. Between Covid and some other life challenges, I ended up with kids back at home after I'd thought they were gone (and I'd adjusted to my grief over what I thought was the end and how fast it all went). My parents, now in their early 80's, tell me that you never stop parenting. It just changes.
The wisdom-to-word ratio of your comment is so very high. Everything about this whole experience might as well be followed with “…at the moment, it might all change tomorrow.” 💙💙💙
It's been awhile since I saw Boyhood so I don't remember details, but I do recall that I loved it and was intrigued by the whole premise of filming it across 12 years. I should find it to watch again know it will hit differently now.
I did, and I wrote about it back then: https://www.stirrup-queens.com/2014/08/i-saw-richard-linklaters-boyhood-and-aged-12-years/. I wonder how I would feel watching it now. Maybe even more emotional. Especially because it was almost 11 years ago when I wrote that post. I've literally aged almost the same amount covered in the film.
Whoaaaaaa Mel, a blog post from 2014!! Also: "I've literally aged almost the same amount covered in the film." Meta nostalgia. I loved reading your movie review (and this comment).
Hey Asha,
Well written piece as always. I think it went by so fast (for me) because I wasn't there to hear every detail and watch as Aaron's 4 years flew by. So I felt removed in a way. I felt like when he left for college it was much more impactful in a way because I was there with him every step of the way. It's harder (and easier) being one step removed and life happens so much faster.
"It's harder (and easier) being one step removed and life happens so much faster." So true, and so beautifully, succinctly said. It seems like, no matter what I try to write, that bittersweet paradox is at the heart. 💜
I felt the tears just watching the trailer…. Eek. My one and only is 22 and just graduated a week ago. He leaves for grad school at the end of the summer, a 4 hour drive away. (He commuted and lived at home for undergrad.) I am trying to keep it together but oh boy, it’s hard.
What a huge moment, Elle, congratulations (and a gentle pat on the shoulder). I'm an only child, and I also lived at home and commuted for my first year of undergrad, and moved out my sophomore year. My Mom tells me now that it was so big for her. Thank you so much for your comment.
Ski-U-Mah! Congrats to your daughter from a Minnesotan!
Ha!!! Both my kids went to Minnesota schools! Thank you for cheering from afar, Pam.
Check out a documentary called The Kids Grow Up; I haven’t watched it since it came out and I’m sure it would land more heavily now that my kids are 20 and 23!
I will definitely check it out, and maybe even watch it if I'm brave enough! Thanks, Caroline.
I got all emotional watching some of the graduation ceremonies at C's college and I don't even have a graduate this year (but will next year). I've already started looking around the apartment in preparation for her move back so I have lots of time to adjust 😬
I am very much a ceremony person -- the only one in my family. Marking milestone moments in life is very important to me. And I too am preparing for my daughter's move back! And taking time to adjust...and what that adjustment will actually entail...will probably be hashed out in the next one hundred newsletters!
Congratulations on this really big milestone! Another transition. When my daughter was about to enter kindergarten and having some big feelings about it, she said, "You know I don't like changes!" Me either, kid. My kids were in high school when that movie came out, and it hit HARD. I haven't seen it since. Not sure if I'd want to? Maybe. What I can say from the viewpoint of the late mid-20's is that you just never know how things are going to go. Between Covid and some other life challenges, I ended up with kids back at home after I'd thought they were gone (and I'd adjusted to my grief over what I thought was the end and how fast it all went). My parents, now in their early 80's, tell me that you never stop parenting. It just changes.
The wisdom-to-word ratio of your comment is so very high. Everything about this whole experience might as well be followed with “…at the moment, it might all change tomorrow.” 💙💙💙
Congratulations on this milestone!
It's been awhile since I saw Boyhood so I don't remember details, but I do recall that I loved it and was intrigued by the whole premise of filming it across 12 years. I should find it to watch again know it will hit differently now.
Thanks for the shout-out!