Backup

One of my favorite movies is "About A Boy". I sat in the dark living room nursing Stella early this morning, turned on the TV. And YEA!! To my delight this wonderful movie was on. My favorite part is when Marcus stands alone on the stage in front of all his classmates and says "this song is for my mother" and then quietly starts singing "Killing my Softly". The kids start booing and Marcus hesitates but keeps going. He stops at one point and is about to leave the stage when you hear a guitar from somewhere unseen start strumming the music to the song Marcus is singing, then we see Hugh Grant's character Will walk onstage playing the guitar and as Marcus starts singing again, Will starts singing along with him. Anyway I sat there crying and watching the rest of the movie. One of the last scenes is all of the friends and family gathered around eating a meal together. Marcus narrates saying we all need more than just one person in our life, we need "backup". I thought about that and it's so true for me. Sometimes all I think I really need is John and the kids and no one else, but I'm truly happy with friends and other family around, I need them, I need there support and backup. I have a fuller life with them all in it.