HELP me HELP you:)

My sister reads books...I watch TV! We do it in the same room all the time. She asked to read me to sleep one night (haha laupisi) so I asked what book she was reading and she said "THE HELP". I said, Oh, like the movie that's coming out this week. That made her even more determined to complete it. She actually did read me an incerpt from the book and it got my attention.

After hearing rave reviews from family, magazine articles, etc, I was eager to watch it. I picked her and caught the last show on Sunday night. I LOVE this movie..cute in every way. I love movies that take place in the South, I love movies that take place in 50's & 60's and I esp love movies where one person goes against everyone else and does something for the good.

Obviously, the movie is about "The Help" Housekeepers, Maids, Nannies, whatever it may be. You see how the help gets treated. Some employers can me brutally mean, while others actually grow a bond with their help. Watching any movie that has to do with slavery or race, I always tell myself... *If I were a white woman, I'd be the exception and treat black people nice* OR I Would NEVER do that to my help!

THEN I really thought to myself... How Am I with The Help? And then it hit me! OMG, I'm no better! Not that I have a housekeeper or a maid or a nanny, but we do have a gardener. And we've had this gardener for years! ASK ME IF I EVEN KNOW HIS NAME!!! Horrible! I've never offered him a drink, never said HI to him. And he does a really good job. If anything, I complain more because his leaf blower wakes me up every Saturday morning! SMH!

And then I thought back in high school, did I know the janitors names? (besides the Tongan one) If I didnt have to do community service and work with them every day for 2 months, I would have never known who any of them were. After my service was done, I still talked to them during games or around campus. Its just weird how the year before, I would see them cleaning up after the football games and this year, I'm helping them put the cones away and conversating at the same time.

I felt so awful for myself! Saying this and that is one thing...when I stepped outside the box looking in, it just opened my eyes. Didnt understand how I can smile and say hi to a hotel concierge who did nothing for me, yet I've never even met my garderner who does shit to our yard & backyard that no one else would do. This movie hit me in more ways that one. Moving forward, I hope to be more kindhearted & thoughtful towards people who help me. And eventually be the person I thought I already was! LOL! Stupid me!




P.S. *SMILE* though your heart is aching... SMILE even though its breaking:)