Tonight was another emotional roller coaster. Why I suggested "Charlotte's Web," of all movies, is beyond me.
Thankfully, everyone else was asleep because Gabriel and I were cradling each other and sobbing and sharing one two-ply napkin for our tears. I'd dab my face, then wipe his… what a sight!
You know, at the beginning of the movie he said, in a real matter-of-fact kind of way, "I kind of hate spiders, ya know." I thought he would be emotionally immune to her passing.
But we all fell in love with Charlotte (and her five hundred and fourteen children) and when she told Wilbur that she was "languishing...dying" well, I looked over and Gabriel was rolling his eyes back fighting tears. I could see them welling up in his eyes and spilling out onto his cheeks. I put my arms out to him and he just crawled over to me and fell into my arms. We were hugging so tight and crying so hard! I mean, why not? Everyone was sleeping and we just held each other and bawled. What a cathartic experience.
After our emotional breakdown and subsequent recovery, Gabriel asked, "can we get a pig like that?" I told him we have a cute little Jonah and that's close enough.
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