but im still going to throw my two cents out to the world wide web, simply to put out there how wonderful, wise, and whimsical ms. ephron is, and why i want to be like her.
they say that imitation is the highest form of flattery. i have met and watched many admirable men and women in my lifetime i found i wanted to be like. ms. ephron has affected me on a deeper level than many others. i have admired her body of work that i have watched/read thus far. i generally aspire to be like writers who creatively, confidently, and with grand uniqueness offer the world a gift in the form of words that conveys such beauty, wonder, and humor tied into real raw emotions.
i sort of loathe the way our society glorifies the mourning of celebrites, as if they are some kind of extraordinary human whose death deserves a grand amount of attention. but on the other hand i do understand feeling some sort of connection to a person you might have never met. when you do have that unique connection you do get that sinking sad feeling that the world has lost someone quite special.
nora ephron was unique among a profession mainly dominated by men. in all reality i think she made the stories and characters in her filmmaking relevant and relatable to both sexes.
it's hard to escape the chick flick/rom com genre when you name the movies she has created, but there's more heart and humor in her films and stories than many other titles who share that same genre. in fact, i would say in her lifetime, she saw some of her own films become classics.
meg ryan is the face of most of these female protagonists that have been so influential on us females. but it was ephron's words that made her so captivating to us. and what is it that miss ephron taught us? she didn't really teach us about falling in love. if anything she taught us what it was to have good girlfriends. (how much do i adore the rosie o'donnell/meg ryan friendship in sleepless!) she showed us that everything sloppy and terrible in life doesn't need to get fixed for things to be better. in you've got mail, kathleen kelly doesn't get to keep her little bookshop, and her online love doesn't unfold into her romantic ideals, despite her somewhat cliche love for pride and prejudice and heroine elizabeth bennett. sleepless and seattle reminds us too that sad things happen, and it takes time to heal.
nora ephron is definitely a main component in my writing influences, and just a role model in my navigating this life as a female. she will be sorely missed. she will not contribute any new stories for my thrity something self and beyond. but i will treasure her influence and wisdom that she shed on my teenage years, and now has on my twenty something self.
miss ephron, thank you. you will be missed. prayers of comfort and grace for her family.
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