Do you have those days when you wake up and you’re just looking for feels? You want to watch or read something that will tug at your heartstrings and pierce through your deepest emotions. Remind you of your humanity. That’s me, ever so often. My guilty pleasure is sad movies which star a kid as the lead. Pay It Forward, The Lion King and recently I added Kubo and the Two Strings to that list. I like sappy things because a lot of sappy shows are extremely relatable to me. They are more than just an hour and a half of adrenaline or thrill. These shows trigger me to think about myself in depth. About my relationship with others. About my relationship with my folks.
Parents are made of some really strong stuff. I find being a mid-twenty-year-old adult hard enough as it is right now, then I…