I’ve noticed a disturbing trend lately. I’ve watched two high school romances in the last week (well, I’ve had a lot of time on my hands), and in both of them the mothers die early on of some mysterious and lingering (although thankfully not disfiguring) illness. Am I hampering my daughters’ emotional development by staying healthy? Maybe being left behind for six weeks while I head off to France for the second half of my sabbatical will be an adequate substitute? (Lucky I don’t believe in foreshadowing, huh!)
ps. Just watched Netflix’s A Christmas Prince – same thing – mother offed before the movie even started. Spooky.