When I was a teenager I had a hard time crying. People would watch sad movies, get passionate, start crying and though I would feel bad, I couldn't cry. There was even a very moving Passion Play at our church and people were bawling....me...well I was touched, but still no tears. Then I grew up, hormones came, and so did the waterworks. Now at the drop of anything emotional, and I'm a wreck.
The first time was the 100th episode of Touched by an Angel. When it first aired, I knew people who had seen it and cried their eyes out, but I missed that episode. When I finally had the chance to see it, I figured I'd be fine, because much like Cameron Diaz character from The Holiday, I could not shed tears. Oh was I wrong. As soon as Wynnona Judd completed the unwritten phrases of "Testify to Love" I was a mess. I probably cried for several minutes. I truly believe that in not crying for so long, I had forgotten how to recover from this emotion. Ever since then this has not been an issue.
My favorite movie is A Walk to Remember. I've read the book several times and knew the ending, but as Jamie is walking down the aisle, and everyone knows her end is near, I blubbered with the rest of the theater as John Foreman played "Only Hope" in the background(I had that played in my wedding as well).
So tonight As Izzie walked to Alex, with the love for each other in their eyes, and everyone looking on; as he quoted the graduation speech and made it his own, I could barely see because of all the tears in my eyes. Needless to say, it doesn't take me as long to recover from these feeling anymore, but I did have to go back and watch Lost again, because sleep wasn't going to come for a while.
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