Friday, January 2, 2026

LIVE, LEARN, and LOVE #1

Do you take delight in watching films, listening to pop music, or reading books? For English learners, movies, songs, and books are one of the most wonderful sources to explore the language! You can indulge in your favorite pastime and still learn some expressions, words of wisdom, and oftentimes good lessons while you’re at it.

 

#1. “Our Souls at Night” (2017) starring Jane Fonda & Robert Redford



This book/movie follows a story of a developing elderly romance between a lonely man named Louise and a woman Addie, who are widowed neighbors that became a companionship.

 

Louis said (about his late wife) “Holly and I were there when she passed. I remember wanting to feel her leave…. her spirit or something. And instead, it just seems like she’s still around.” 

 

·       Jean’s small thoughts on the above the line:

I think I can relate to what Louis said about the final moment of his late wife. Yes, I also felt that my father staying with us when he took his last breath.

I still remember what the funeral director said as he was closing my father’s casket: “Now his connection to this life has completely come to an end, and he is away in the most peaceful place.”

Those were the most heart-wrenching and the coldest words that I had ever heard in my life. I believed and am still believing that he hasn’t gone anywhere or forgotten about his loving family and friends. He is everywhere and anywhere I am.

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LIVE, LEARN, and LOVE #1

Do you take delight in watching films, listening to pop music, or reading books? For English learners, movies, songs, and books are one of t...