Day 315: Tonight my Roomie and I watched "Unbroken". If you are unfamiliar with the story, the film is based on the life and experiences of Louis Zamperini, a WWII soldier and Olympic athlete who competed during the 1936 games in Berlin. He served the U.S. during WWII and spent time in a Japanese POW camp. I don't want to say too much lest I spoil the film or book for anybody who hasn't yet had a chance to experience it, but I will say this: the story really touched me. It's a powerful film, at times hard to watch, and while I'm sure that some of the story has been "Hollywood-ized", I'm also sure that the real horrors of what the soldiers actually went through during that time doesn't even compare to what can be represented on film. To understand the magnitude of what those men and women did, and continue to do today, people who fight to protect our rights and freedoms...it's extremely humbling. I know that I tried on a few occasions to get my Gumpo P to tell me stories from his experience while he was overseas, and he always would give me the same story of him being caught behind enemy lines for three days and surviving on nothing but raw onions, and then change the subject. In retrospect I'm sure it wasn't something he was particularly eager to discuss or remember. Today my Happy is gratefully acknowledging how beautiful it is to live in a country that is free, and remembering that freedom came at a great cost. I'm happy that my "problems" are pretty small in the grand scheme of things, and I'm happy that I have a small orange cat curled up on my lap, snoring. Life is good. #lestweforget #365happydays
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