Love and Other Drugs

First off I'd like to state that the movie Love and Other Drugs is pretty damn good. It's not like the usual sappy love movies I see. Anne Hathaway's character, Maggie, has early onset Parkinson's Disease and Jake Gyllenhaal's character falls in love with her.

I'm not sure there is anything more sad than a disease that doesn't have a cure.

And I don't think there is anything more beautiful than the family and loved ones who love an ill person endlessly.

I'm sure everyone says that they would love the person in sickness and in health, but until you're in that situation I don't think you can say one way or the other.

A disease like Parkinson's is a sad, sad thing to watch develop. A slight tremor becomes a constant shake. Everyday normalities like buttoning your shirt become a constant struggle. You are forced to watch a beautiful person be deteriorated and crushed by a disease that can't be stopped, only slowed.

They remain that beautiful person you love, but when the smile you grew to love has faded and the body becomes rigid you begin to wonder why it happened to you. You want desperately to find a cure, but a cure won't be found by you.

You have to come to terms with the fact that stage one will become stage two, that stage two will lead to stage three, and that in time stage four will arrive and the shaking will become violent and nearly uncontrollable.

Towards the end of the movie Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal's character) tells Maggie that he needs her and that she needs him. She tries to convince him that she doesn't need him, but he tells her that everybody needs somebody to take care of them. Maggie cries that it isn't fair because she's going to need him more than he needs her and Jamie consoles her and tells her that's okay. 


It is okay, needing someone more than they need you, that is. It's okay because having a little faith in humanity won't kill you. If anything it'll show you who the truly caring people are. 


It takes a huge letdown to realize what you want, what you need, and what you already have. 


Find that person who loves you when you're sick and when you're healthy. 


NP: We Found Love- Rihanna