I stopped by a new nail salon on my way home from school today
where I met a nail tech from Cambodia
we had a bit of a hard time understanding each other
but had a mostly unspoken friendly rapport between us
the rain started pouring down really hard outside
I noticed I was the only customer in the whole salon
and the hallmark channel was on
showing holiday tv movies
with subtitles
the whole staff was watching
I had come just in time for the last 15 minutes of the current movie
where the man and woman met again
right before she was almost leaving town to go home forever
and he had decided to stay and not go to the big city
a special dog was found, it was Christmas Eve, in a small town,
with a big misunderstanding, the whole town was at one event
somehow it all suddenly came together and worked out
and as the final scene played out on screen
my nail guy stood up smiling and nodding with tears in his eyes
looking around at his co-workers and down at me
and it made me tear up and smile too
as we had found our common ground.
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“anyway, stories bring us together to find common ground, to find our way through life together, or just to entertain us, and I am just thrilled to be a part of that process.”
-dorothea benton frank
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image credit: pinterest
Very touching. Hallmark movies are made that way, to satisfy our inner quest for happily ever after!
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yes, and sometimes the least unexpected things bring people together
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Yes. 👍
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Right. Hallmark movies are amazing.
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A connector
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I agree, though a bit utopian at times.
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Yes true. 👍🙂
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🌸😍
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Yes, always way to sweet, sentimental and dramatic and that is why they are so fun and easy to watch
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That’s so true! A relaxed watch, as you know everything will be okay at the end!😍
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Right!
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👍
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What a great connection Beth.
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How lovely..I love that image 🙂
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brilliant! You wd greatly enjoy THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS – by the incredible ‘newbie’ RUTH HOGAN, in fact, your little daily bites are a bit like The Keeper’s Compilation….. Enjoy
(you may and will thank me later, I know it!)
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Thanks, Kiki! I’m going to read it
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I’m guessing you’ll be returning to that nail salon?
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Hallmark Channel movies are indeed the universal language. You have made a noteworthy discovery Beth.
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Aren’t they?
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How sweet. I love it.
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It was
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What a great experience to read!
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Thanks !
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Follow back please
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The sappy movie human language IS universal.
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It so is!
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So very sweet. Common ground. Seems to be so little of that nowadays.
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Sometimes it’s hard to find
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Girl, it wouldn’t be the holidays without The Hallmark Channel to give us hope each Saturday night. I think I’ve seen every movie three times. #BigCheeseBall
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That’s right!
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Sweet connection……………..
And your picture of the cat wearing “soft paws” brought back memories.
Taffy, our cat, would immediately start chewing them off until the job was complete……….and then we’d start all over again…………..fu……tile!!!
Happy Halloween Parade!!
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Funny!
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Okay, call me a sap (wherever THAT expression came from) but now I have tears in my eyes. Such a perfect single moment of shared understanding and compassion and, yes, love for the human race. Yes, perhaps I’m “globalizing” as I’ve been accused of, but I just love this scene. Thank you for sharing it!
And I’m so sorry that Dorthea Benton Frank passed – way too early. Her books were full of finding common ground.
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Yes, to all of that
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I had no idea where this post was going to go! What a lovely surprise in the end.
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yes, it was a funny evolution of circumstances
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some things suffer no language barrier:)
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And who knew it would be hallmark movies?
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and communication is one of your hallmarks:)
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))
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Awwwwwww how sweet!
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it was a sweet ending
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Aww…look so polished! Love it! ◦°˚\(*❛‿❛)/˚°◦
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thanks
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♡✧( ु•⌄• )
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This was a sweet, sweet story. Just like a Hallmark movie. I tape every new one and even some old movies to watch again. How can you not love them? We are all more alike than different and the differences are what make us interesting. Love the cat with painted nails. 😉
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It was like a happy hallmark ending)
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Really sweet. (The bigfoot cake probably was too. 😉 )
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I’ll bet it was
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I love the Hallmark Christmas movies!! This is true common ground. ❤️
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it really is
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😍
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