“We must begin our story, sad to say, with an empty chair.
If it were not empty, we would not have a story.
But it is, and we do, and it is time to tell it.”
~Opening scene of ‘Nanny McPhee’~
My mom and I always liked the way this chair from the movie ‘Nanny McPhee’ was almost a character, regarded with respect and thought to be representative of or inhabited by the kind, watchful, caring spirit of the mother to whom the chair belonged. The opening lines of the movie, introducing the chair and establishing that its owner was no longer living, both charmed and saddened us. Lately I haven’t been able to get the scene out of my head. Now that the mother’s empty chair is a reality in my life, I’m grateful to have the wonderful, happy memories of my mom that come along with the sadness.
~LaughingNymph~ 