Lackawanna Blues

What a great movie!!! Chuck and I watched it last night. It's rare to see so many aspects of love in one film. This woman, Nanny, chose to give love the chance to change not only her circumstances but also everyone who was fortunate enough to be part of her life.

Lackawanna is an Indian word that means "where the waters meet". Nanny had her own ocean of love by the time all those individual streams of people met... People no one else wanted or cared about, forgotten, discarded, abused and broken. But when they found Nanny, or she found them.... waters that had started to stagnate for lack of rain and motion... started to flow again :) And when they all met up together they started to remember who they really were... Nanny made everyone feel treasured and wanted, precious and desirable, needed and valuable. She was the oil of gladness to the spirit of despair. And her very presence was like a balm to an injured soul.

Yes. I saw a lot of love in this movie. And it touched my heart deeply. It's always good to be reminded that love never fails.

"Playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson stars in this version of his Obie Award-winning stage drama directed by George C. Wolfe. Rachel "Nanny" Crosby (S. Epatha Merkerson) lives in a house in Lackawanna, N.Y., that she opens up to anyone looking for a place to rest and regroup. Times are changing as segregation loses its grip, and each person passing through has a tale to tell, influencing the young boy, Junior, whom Nanny has taken in as her own."

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