THE PRINCESS DIARIES (2001) & THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT (2004) dir. Garry Marshall
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan.
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995) dir. Ang Lee
CS AU Week Day 4: Complete AU- Raising Emma
Dear Miss Swan,
If you read this letter, it means that my life has come to an end, leaving my son - your biological son - Henry, an orphan. I’ve been estranged from my family for years, Miss Swan and my mother and my deranged sister are definitely not good role models to raise my son.
Throughout the years, I’ve tracked you, miss Swan, in an attempt to prepare myself for the questions one day Henry would have about his birth mother. I’m sorry for what it seems a terrible invasion of your privacy, but I felt I needed to be prepared for that moment.
I know you requested a closed adoption, but I request you’d kindly consider raising Henry in the case of my demise. I’d never wished to impose this situation upon you, but I’m trying to prevent my son to be raised in the system, bouncing from foster home to group homes, not having roots in this world. I hope you can find in your heart the will to at least give this situation a try.
Emma Swan never expected to become a mother. Even less she expected to move to Storybrooke Maine to become the mother of the son she’d given in adoption over a decade before. But she couldn’t refuse the heartfelt plea that Henry’s adoptive mother left in her will.
Adapting to a small town life in which she was a stranger was not easy. Learning how to be a mother of a ten-year old that was grieving was challenging. Dealing with the small town gossip and the judgement over her life choices had her wanting to give up and run away as far as possible.
If it weren’t for the counsel and support of the local pastor, Killian Jones, Emma wouldn’t have lasted a month in town. Which is why she hesitated when he asked her out, not sure if she could handle the gossip and side glances from the rest of the single females that had her eyes on the pastor. But sometimes, all you need to do is take a leap of faith and give it a go.
After everything we've been through - darkness, Hades, being separated by realms - I just wanted to say something, you know, when we're not in the middle of a big battle or one of us is facing death, when things are just...normal. And what's that, Swan?
TV commercial for The Goonies
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Finals: Argentina - France. Goal by Di María!
EMMA STONE as Olive Penderghast in EASY A (2010)
27 DRESSES (2008) dir. Anne Fletcher
‘Landscape, Gloucestershire’, Stanley Spencer, oil on canvas, 1940.
The Mummy (1999) dir. Stephen Sommers
My name is Tony Stark, and I’m not afraid of you.
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THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE — 2023, dir. Francis Lawrence
BONUS:
✨ december 18, 2022, the day lionel messi's star ascended to new heights ✨
❝seeing the trophy on the podium, i couldn't believe my eyes. it was ours, and we were officially world champions. it was the first time i got to lay my hands on it, and all i wanted to do was kiss it. i just wanted to soak in every second of that incredible moment.❞
I love you, Young Seo. I love you too.