I had forgotten for a while about the film "Practical Magic."
Halloween is here, and it usually gets a play 'round this time of year.
The one thing in the movie that always stands out to me, is Sally's letter to her sister, which reads like so:
[Sally's letter to Gillian]
"Dearest Gilli,
Sometimes I feel like there's a hole inside of me, an emptiness that at times seems to burn. I think if you lifted my heart to your ear, you could probably hear the ocean. The moon tonight, there's a circle around it. Sign of trouble not far behind. I have this dream of being whole. Of not going to sleep each night, wanting. But still sometimes, when the wind is warm or the crickets sing... I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for. I just want someone to love me. I want to be seen. I don't know. Maybe I had my happiness. I don't want to believe it but, there is no man, Gilly. Only that moon."
Gets me, every time.
I think as I got older, the letter feels more and more like I am writing it myself.
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