Yes,I liked the story and it was a interesting thing her finding the stepping stones with the hand prints. But as a mother if my daughter had died and I moved away...I would have taken those stones with me.
sharehmmmm yeah i guess, but if your daughter was tragically taken away from you and you wanted to move away for a clean, fresh start... taking the hand prints would only have kept those painful memories. Better to leave them in the past.
shareBut if you remember her mother had a locket on, with her childhood picture in it. That is not what a women who is trying to forget does.
I had a daughter that I only got to see and hold for 3 days after she was born. She is going to be 20 in a few months. I wish I had something..anything.. that had her handprint on it.
If you don't want to see "it" and be reminded. Then box it up and put them in the attic or something. Just because you don't want to be reminded one day doesn't mean someday down the road you don't want to remember. And a handprint is a part of the child that to me, is much better than a photo. It triggers more memories.
I should know I've had 5 more children. Lots of photos and handprints around this house.
That could have been the father's decision. He seemed to me like he would have wanted to leave it behind because seeing it would be too painful. The mother may have wanted to take it but he insisted. He refused to talk about it when Michael first came to see them and he didn't want to believe what she was telling them at the end, even tried to leave until she started reciting the prayer.
shareI agree with you. We had to leave a small footprint of my son's in a cement firewood holder (no way to move it) at our old house, and I hope it's still there
I love Jesus, but I drink a little.
Me, too. After my dad died, my mother moved from my childhood house and didn't tell anyone. My older brother and I both had our hand prints in cement in the backyard. I would have really liked to have mine and I still can't find the guts to ask the current home owners. Everyone's different...some are very sentimental and others don't need little "things" from their past. But in the movie, Michael was bound and determined to find out what happened to the little girl and what her visions meant. Little clues ended up helping her solve the puzzle about her past. I thought it was done very well for a TV movie and I loved the ending...
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