Just Let Me Be Myself...

Dean and I had a great Christmas. We had dinner at Dean's mom. Dean's "uncle" Howard was there, and he set a marvelous table. He's very creative. Teri, Ellen, Kacy, Tony, Lyman, Ted, Howard, and Dean and I filled the house to overflowing. Everyone seemed to enjoy their gifts. Dean and I made almost all the gifts we gave, and they seemed to appreciate and enjoy them. And boy we made out like bandits! I got tons of books from my Amazon wish list (like 10 of them!). I also got an Aero garden, several audio CDs of classical radio programs like A Christmas Carol, and a few DVDs.

I just finished one of them--First Wives Club. I saw this 11 years ago when it first came out, but I didn't appreciate it then as much as I do now. It's a wonderful movie! I love how the women channel their rage and thirst for revenge into a positive thing and open that crisis center for women.

Of course, like everybody else, my favorite scene is the last one, where the three women sing "You Don't Own Me." It's a very empowering song It's not just for women, but for anyone who has ever lived by someone else's script.



You don't own me,
I'm not just one of your many toys
You don't own me,
don't say I can't go with other boys

And don't tell me what to do
And don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you
Don't put me on display, 'cause

You don't own me,
don't try to change me in any way
You don't own me,
don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay

Oh, I don't tell you what to say
I don't tell you what to do
So just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you

I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want
To say and do whatever I please

(Instrumental interlude)

A-a-a-nd don't tell me what to do
Oh-h-h-h don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you
Don't put me on display

I don't tell you what to say
Oh-h-h-h don't tell you what to do
So just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you

I'm young and I love to be young
(FADE)
I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want