Freedom
Freedom This business of freedom really gets me. It gets to me, making me question everything I do, making me review my life again and agin–moving my mind like a movie. We all have ties creating links that rein in our freedom. As each close family member takes up their role in my personal film, I would never want to redo any scenes, even those that are hard to watch. I would never want to replace anyone with other "actors" or change the story so that they're not in my movie anymore. They are part of my film and I wouldn't have it any other way. I even have a strong tie to a cat named Sophie. She's not mine (who was talking about freedom?) but she's always in my thoughts. I'll admit it: I'm hooked on a cat! I can't loosen the tie, nor do I want to. I will always hold out the string so that she can paw it. The string will never break. What is this concept known as freedom, then? To me, it's a breaking away from what I call the "everybody els...