The Time Travelers Wife

Have you seen it?  I  watched "The Time Travellers Wife" again today, Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, are both, brilliant.  I've watched this film before but I forgot how wonderful it is.  The performances are so subtle and real, it makes a seemingly preposterous subject, 100% believable.

Watching the film again, got me thinking.  If I could time travel anywhere, within my life span, just like Eric's character, where would I go to?

Can I cheat?  I'm going to bend the rules, as they are my rules after all.  I won't interfere, I'll just drop in and observe, I promise.

The first thing I would do?  I would strike up a conversation with my Nanna and Grandad.  I arrived long after they departed and so there is no way I'd be able to introduce myself, plus, it's against my rules, but I could be just anyone right?  And start up a conversation? 

You know those photo booth photographs?  They come in fours?  I have one set, actually, I have 3/4 of a set, of me.  I'm guessing that I'm about six years old.  I can't help but like this kid.  She looks awkward and shy and like she is about to be interrogated, then like someone is urging her to smile, then she just, smiles.  I so wish that I could take that kid under my wing and protect her from some of the things that are going to happen.

I think I'd visit myself every now and then, a bit like a Fairy Godmother, to impart crucial pep talks at strategic moments, aged 10, body starts to develop, unknown age, teeth start having a plan of their own, teenage years... hot head, aged 20, too old to call that "puppy fat".

I'd like to listen in to my Mum hearing the news that she was expecting me (and not in the grips of the menopause,) and then sharing that news with the family, the news, did not go down well.

I would try to get back to 25th October 2003.  I would get up early and I would not go out that morning.

This is why I love the magic of film and story telling, it ignites the imagination, keeps those brain cells sparking and gives you a great big illuminated sign spelling out; "what if?"