The Sound of Music always, always makes me cry. It always has. But, one of the remarkable testaments to the true power of the film is this: I never cry at the same moment twice.
When I was very small, I cried when Mr. Von Trapp sings Edelweiss. It was a lullaby my mother sang to me. It always chokes me up to see a man crying.
When I was a teenager, I cried with Rolph abandons Liesel and reports her family to the Nazis. There isn't much more terrifying to a teenager than true love gone so horribly, horribly wrong.
A few years ago, I cried when the Mother Superior sings Climb Every Mountain. "Maria, the love between a man and woman is holy, too," she reassures Maria. I love that moment. What a powerful testament, even in the midst of a convent, how precious married love can be.
But last night, for the first time, I cried at the wedding scene. All out cried. I cried when the nuns walked Maria into the church, passing her off to her new step-daughter. I cried when Captain Von Trapp patiently waited at the altar for Maria to walk down the isle. I cried at Maria with her gorgeous dress, all of those well-wishers watching. And I cried when they both knelt in front of the bishop, with Liesel as a witness, to join each other in marriage.
Adam once laughed me for how hard he expects me to cry at our wedding. At the time, I wrote him off. But I think he may be right. Weddings are so beautiful, so meaningful... even when they're someone elses. I don't quite now how I'll respond to my own.
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