Why I hated Star Wars

This is a guest post by Hilary Grossman.

I like to think that I have an open mind. But deep down I know that is usually not totally the case. Take movies for example. I will give pretty much any genre a chance, except for science fiction…

For my entire life, whenever I heard the words Star Wars I would cringe. I knew the series weren’t for me. I boasted I never watched one movie, and I never planned on sitting through one either.

Then my husband had surgery – it was minor. He had to have a deviated septum repaired and polyps removed from his nose. As he sat in the hospital bed, waiting for the procedure, the TV was on. Big news was breaking about a new Star Wars movie – The Force Awakens. For hours before and after his surgery we were updated on the new movie.

He was released from the hospital that evening. He was in discomfort and quite groggy. He needed a quiet night. I made him a light dinner and suggested we curl up on the couch and watch a movie. And since he was the one who had the surgery, I let him pick the flick….

When he said Star Wars I wanted to convince him to pick something else. Given the day he had, I couldn’t bring myself to utter one word. I just wrapped my blanket around myself tightly and tried to will myself to go to sleep. Sleep wouldn’t come. I was too wired from spending a day in a hospital to rest. So I did the unexpected. I opened my mind and tried to focus on the movie.

It wasn’t easy. I had a lot of questions. I got confused easily. But by the midway point, I was hooked! For the next week, I eagerly watched all the episodes. My husband was delighted and I was shocked. But I loved every second. And when the newest movie was finally released, about six months later, I was the one who insisted on seeing it opening weekend.

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Would you abandon your present for a second chance at your past?

Cecelia Reynolds has spent most of her life trying to forget the commitment-phobic man who broke her heart. It wasn’t easy, but eventually, she did it, or so she thought…

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