The movie helped me remember we each have our place in a family. The characters names were April (deceased twin to May), May, June, August. While each of these women were connected by mother and father, they all supported each other in different ways. August supported them for the most part, June acted like a bouncer (she had “don’t mess with my people” eyebrows) and May helped in the kitchen. It was May that kept them all in check with fun, June to do her eyebrows and August to teach and exemplify love. I appreciate that they didn’t blame each other for their short-comings, those characteristics that might seem less than worthy, nor did they covet the personalities of the others. They fulfilled their role, not out of obligations but in response to how they were made as individuals but a part of the larger family.
Such a solid ground provides a refuge for those who don’t have it. But I never said these women came from situation of ease, cookies and cake. They, too, were met with struggles. So what does that say about our response to who we are no matter where we come from? It means we have an opportunity and responsibility to take care ourselves, our family and others all at the same time. In doing so, we create a world where it’s safe to cry, safe to spray water on your older sister, safe to laugh, and safe to ask questions. Such a world shouldn’t have to be revolutionary, but to some it is. It’s our choice to make it a new, solid, traditional reality.
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