Lord of the Rings

Another quiet one for me.  I took another day off work.  I did OK yesterday but had a fever again last night and it has hurt to breathe all day.  I think it's just better for all of us (my work mates and I) to be free from my bugs for a day.  I spent the day in fluffy slippers and under a blanket.  Levi had a day at school and then went to Ty's in the afternoon.  I watched the Lord of the Rings from the beginning to the end.  I love these movies.  You can just watch them, enjoying the story and following the path they lay out for you, or you can look deeper into them and see the themes about religion or politics.  I love the lines that give you time to think and the parts that make you sad. 

There is one line in particular that I love that reminds me of Frankie.  Gandalf says it to Frodo;

"It's not what you do with the time you have, It's what you do with the time you 're given."

If there was anyone who lived that it was Frank.  He wasn't given much time, but he lived it well.  He did what was needed of him and showed us all how much happiness could be found on the very edge of despair.  LOTR was mid way through when Frank died and I went to see the 'Return of the King' at it's first showing with some friends.  In it Theoden says;

"My body is broken. You have to let me go. "

It was so hard to hear it.  It was true.  Frank's body was so broken.  I had to let him go, but I miss him so much.

"I go to my fathers, in whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed."

In my heart I think Frankie did go to his family, but not ever ashamed.  He had done his job and played his part.  I can only hope that I can say the same when it is my turn!