The Trip to Bountiful

We had a beautiful sunny Sunday, yesterday. Really nice for a change, thank God.

After worship, we had Mexican brunch on rice, it was good.
Joe, Becky and the boys went to Sequoia Nursing Home in Fortuna,
for monthly worship with the elderly. We stayed with Isaac.

We watched the movie 'THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL', it was already in the middle. Originally written as a TV-play by screen-writer Horton Foote.
I read a New York Times article from 2007; he's 91 years old and still working. Geraldine Page played the charming leading role of a determined elderly Christian lady,'Carrie',returning to her home-town,'Bountiful', and her shared experiences during the adventure of a lifetime journey.
John Heard played her sincere son, Ludie, soft spoken husband of Jessie Mae,
the insufferable, controlling wife.
The premise is: Carrie runs away often and is returned home, to be spared seeing the ghost town of what Bountiful once was. She sees it as a journey back in time of treasured generations, away from the small suburban apartment shared with her son and his wife.

Filmed in Houston, Texas: era 1940's.
First scene begins with Carrie riding along side the young lady(Rebecca De Mornay),Thelma.
Both sharing travel goals, Carrie to the past,Thelma the future. Reminiscing, Carrie shares memories of telling her father:"I don't know why they call it Bountiful, nothing ever grows here!".
As the young girl listens,"and Father said, 'When your grandpa was young, he'd throw seeds and the whole land would bloom' ".
(Oh, how we questioned our folks as to why, and now we know and realize the reasons for their sacrifices).
Next at the bus depot (era signs in red), missing her purse & government check,the Sheriff is called. Told she's to wait for her son, Carrie comforts herself singing: "Blessed assurance Jesus is mine", Thelma encouraged, joins in. They say their goodbyes. Carrie sleeps overnight at the darkened station (depicts lonely abandonment).
The sheriff graciously drives Carrie to Bountiful,"Will you look at Bountiful's countryside"!,she said.Once there, she felt as if her folks would step out to the front porch and welcome her.
Ludie ,her son, arrives and shares( to her comfort) heartfelt memories of days gone by. Jessie Mae, concerned with her appearance, sets down rules.
Unscripted, (Geraldine Page) Carrie kisses Jessie's cheek!.
Carrie, sitting on the grass touches the dirt, appreciating the worth of love, and joy of seeing her folks' home once again.
As she walks back with Ludie and Jessie Mae, finding her check close to her heart, she laughs...(just like home, it had been there all along).

Geraldine Page won an Academy Award for her performance.
And the writer said.."It was a spiritual journey"...(It truly is)...Ana

From Our 'Bountiful' Front Porch to yours...Ana & Andy