Share. Connect. Love.

Laura Hewett - Journal

Read Entries & Updates

 

Posted 2017-06-16T19:48:01Z

Graduation Day

The premise of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is that a small teenage girl has the power and skills to take down big monsters on a regular basis. However, once a year on average there is a Big Bad that she can't conquer on her own. The season three buildup is a group effort takedown of the evil mayor culminating at her high school graduation ceremony. It's a great show.[...]

Posted 2017-06-11T17:09:15Z

Keep Moving Forward

One of my favorite movies is Meet the Robinsons. I love it for a lot of reasons, but one of the characters keeps repeating throughout the escapades of the short film, "Keep moving forward!" At the end of the movie, the credits reveal it is part of a Walt Disney quote, but the coopted context encourages the audience to push through failure to find a later success. The sentiment can be presented in an unfortunately cliched way, but I really do think it's a valuable lesson to keep moving forward despite various setbacks. [...]

Posted 2017-06-04T19:55:55Z

Don't Give Up On Me

My granny has been my biggest cheerleader since I was born (even though I kicked her in my sleep when we shared a bed one night two decades ago). This weekend she came to visit with her husband Jim, and I got to hang out a bit though I can't quite keep up with the energy levels of these almost octogenarians... I have the body of an octogenarian, and they seem to have the physical prowess of someone twenty years younger.[...]