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I'll be there

Dear Reader, Today's lyrics are found in all kinds of songs around the world, but it is actually a movie that I want to focus on tonight. Yes, most of you will say I'm behind the times when you hear what movie it is. Today was the first time seeing The Blind Side. For those of you who don't know, it is the movie based on the story of Michael Oher, a guy who had a miraculous journey from a bad neighborhood to eventually making it as part of a professional football team. As a fair warning, I will be very honest because I have never been moved so much by a movie. I only say that because tears were welling up in my eyes and was close to crying, closer than I have ever been before when watching a movie. The most impacting scene was the interaction between the main character "Big Mike" and his caretaker, a women who has two kids of her own and a rich life in the southern United States. While Big Mike is at football tryouts, he is struggling with the game. He hasn&#