Gloria's Place

I took a very long trip yesterday to see a movie at the Imax in Galveston. Why I traveled that far is a long complicated story and not worth the retail, but what I will say is that the trip was difficult. Not only did I have to deal with my nausea, but also my daughter's. Half way there I was thankful I was a prepared mother and had extra clothing for her in my car. Still once I arrived, and sat down next to my brother and sisters and their children I was grateful to finally be there. When the movie began the trip seemed almost worth and I found myself in tears over the beauty that was played before me. I don't know if you've ever seen Wild Ocean, but it was amazing. The seals, the sharks, the sardine life circle, the water fall, the ocean, the whales, South Africa.  Nothing like this exist where I live, nothing this wild, this beautiful. It's all city here and smog and grumpy people thinking they're better than everything else on earth. How can we live like this? How can we be happy here? How can we as a society continue to destroy everything beautiful around us for money, for "success" and think this is happiness? I wish I could take my children to this place in South Africa and show them what real beauty and happiness is. I wish to inspire them to respect life as a whole and show them why its so important to protect the environment, to preserve beauty like this.  The aw and excitment in their faces last night showed me how much they enjoyed the movie too. They saw a glimpse of beauty for the first time even if only on the screen. Maybe one day I can show them the real thing. Still I wish it wouldn't have had to use half a tank of gas to get here.