Early church, some Superhero Sunday School fun, food shopping and then back to church since we're on Altar Guild.
Some church service surprises,
Lent in a-Bag, and Kendall helping at the altar without any prompting - I am proud Mom of this young man. And we were able to see Adrienne, Carlos and Kalel ❤❤❤
We rented Storks since I promised Kendall he could pick out a movie. It made me cry...because it made me think of how our family was formed. The reasons for a child losing their first family vary greatly. When this happens, it is never the child’s fault. Family is the most obvious of birth rights. While Kendall and I are a family, there are lots of children that are still orphans. Adoption and foster triggers are plentiful in “Storks."
The main character is referred to as “Orphan Tulip” because she was never delivered to her “real parents” and has grown up living with the Storks. When someone uses that name, Tulip says, “Just call me Tulip, ‘Orphan Tulip’ hurts my heart.” Tulip doesn’t “fit in” with the Storks because of course, she is human – different. She’s tolerated by them but is supposed to be “fired” (told to leave) on her 18th birthday. Lonely and isolated, her dream has always been to find her “real parents.” Painful stuff.
At first, the story is that she was never delivered to her parents because the stork, “Crazy Jasper,” fell in love with her and wanted to keep her. However, we come to learn the truth, which is that the “compass” was accidentally broken during the delivery journey, and Jasper who loves Tulip dearly, has spent all these years trying to fix it so he can help her find her family. Makes sense and conveys loving message.
The Storks closed down their baby making factory and had stopped delivering babies a long time ago because “there are other ways to make babies” and instead have become a product delivery service like Amazon. However, Tulip accidentally makes a baby, and Junior (the stork who was supposed to fire her who becomes like a brother and friend) are charged with delivering the baby to her family. They have to fend off wolves that fall in love with the baby, as well as the Head Stork trying to stop them. Tulip and Junior come to love the baby, as does everyone else who sees the baby. This can be a good message to show that love and a sense of “family” is not based on being biologically related. You don’t even have to be the same species to be family. Tulip and Junior love the baby but their mission is to give her to her “real parents.”
Tulip does find her family. You know they are her birth family because everyone, immediate and extended kin, all have the same red curly hair that she has. This is a nice part of the movie. Her family warmly (and literally) embraces her, and her Stork family is there supporting and witnessing the introduction. Tulip’s inclusion of Junior in the embrace reaffirms the concept of her family being the storks who raised her as well as the new clan of redheads.
We organized with Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back on the TV and enjoyed the premiere of Making History.
Buenas noches!
