2007.
Post September of 2007, I had no job ... my bank account was practically empty...no savings ... and my brother was admitted to the ICU one more time ... this was also incidentally his last time there in Oct 2007. I had a 7 month old Dev to look after without being sure of my next month's income. My ex-husband and I had separated. I had no view of my future. Or where I was going to be in the next few weeks ... and how will I survive. I actually borrowed money from my ex-husband to pay for my brother's bills at the hospital.
And I tumbled upon "What's love got to do with it..?" .... one more time. I had first seen it in 2006.
The quote that changed the way I look at money, job and life is this -
"My husband and I just had a fight. I'm supposed to open at the Academy tonight. I have 36 cents and a Mobil card, and if you just give me a room, i swear I will pay you back"
These words are Anna Mae's words at the hotel reception. She is beaten up by her husband very badly, she's bruised, bleeding and she manages to beat him back and escapes. Runs to reach a hotel ... has nothing with her except that change in her pocket. :)
I don't know if she said this exactly the same way in real life ... but the reel life quote has had an impact on me, for sure.
We all are made of steel ... and we don't know about it until we are pushed to the extremes. I have seen the most desperate times when it comes to money and relationships. However, I continue to move on ... to live and to love. And to earn .. :)
It turned my life in a way that I never imagined it could. Every time life has thrown me down and I don't know where to go next - I watch this movie. I also read some of her interviews and watch her perform on stage. Its strange how some people can inspire us and they don't even know about it. They don't need to, I guess.
The movie is Anna Mae's biopic ... and of course the songs are super. Whats love got to do with it is one of my all-time favorites ... both, the movie and the song.
This is for you Tina Turner.
Happy birthday Anna Mae (a.k.a Tina Turner) .... and Thank you.
November 26, 1939 (age 74 years)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Turner
