Gams

A man notices a picture of a pretty younger woman sitting in a car and instantly becomes intrigued.

The 1980 movie "Somewhere in Time" featured well known actors Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. In the movie, the Reeve character is staying at a hotel when he notices and becomes infatuated with a portrait of a beautiful young woman who is later played by Seymour.

Well, let's be real here. The Reeve character isn't just infatuated with this portrait that hangs in the lobby of the hotel. He's obsessed with it. He asks questions of anyone who will talk to him about this young woman. He researches her life and finds out she dies unhappily years later.

He becomes so involved and OCD about her that he asks physicists and others about the possibility of his time traveling back about 70 years so that he can meet this young woman in person.

Needless to say, he time travels back to 1910, meets her, falls in love with her, (she predictably falls head over heels for him too), and everything works out great until he wakes up weeks later- sadly back in 1980. Back to his normal life, and without his new found love, he becomes deeply depressed and eventually loses his sanity.

The movie puts all of us hopeless romantics out of our misery by showing both characters meeting up again later in some type of heaven like place.

It was a great movie. I saw it with my dad. He and I went to movie theaters about once per month while I was growing up.

Ok. So here is my point. I saw an intriguing picture of a young woman at an exercise app last year. The pic is above. When I was browsing photos of other active, dedicated health nuts, I happened to see this one. I could hardly take my eyes off of it.

In this picture, we see a pretty young woman sitting in a car with a long sleeve blue sweater. She, predictably, has just been walking several miles when it has started to rain on her. The pic captured my attention, and still does.

How in the world can a soaking wet, young woman look so heart stopping? I haven't figured than one out yet.

When commenting on her picture, and then chatting with her I have learned to really like her. She's funny, very honest, direct as hell, hardworking, and simply adorable. (She doesn't like when I call her adorable).

She's also humble, easy to talk to, and unwilling to believe she is beautiful. I'm working on that with her

How on earth can anyone have eyes this perfect?

How can someone caught in rain look this good?

How can someone sitting in a car catch my attention this way? Most people sitting in a car look creepy!

I have had the opportunity to get to know her a little over the past year. We even get into arguments sometimes! At one point, we weren't speaking for months.

When I initially asked her age, (I had assumed about 21), she told me 36. That intrigued me even more.

So, you might be wondering why this write is called Gams. Why do you think? I started wondering right after seeing this mesmerizing picture, "I bet she has great legs!" Well, she does. I never doubted it.

I feel a little like Christopher Reeve in that 1980 movie. I'm not a time traveler, nor have we even met yet, but I at least can understand how a simple photograph can capture and hold a man's attention like an eagle swooping down and grabbing an unsuspecting rabbit.

I'm that rabbit, and it's kind of nice being caught. I hope she doesn't let go.

Reviews

[Bobisnotmyuncle]

You know, love is such a powerful thing, polarizing as well. Love holds but just a short bridge to hatred. As strong as these 2 seem as opposing polar forces, it's almost as if somewhere along the bridge, a wormhole lays to greet the other pole. And as long as one does not tread too far away from love, I believe its this force that makes it so strong. Insanity would be straying too far away from love and getting caught in the wormhole. I enjoyed the story. I thought it was quite beautiful, and it took a turn towards optimism, rather than insanity. Which was nice.

[Ballpark Frank]

Excellent thoughts! I hadn't thought about the insanity part but the Reeve character was nearly comatose when he lost his love. Very sad.

[Glenda]

Funny how when love is meant to be.

[Soren]

That was one of my favorite movies and I know it well. Romantics are often stired by small things. A beautiful story and I wish you both luck and happieness

[Ballpark Frank]

Thank you immensely! I love your comment and thanks for reading.

[Jenni Bailey]

This story is captivating! Beautiful!

[Ballpark Frank]

THANKS JENNI! I appreciate the time you spent checking this out. It's an odd story but I loved writing it!

[Jenni Bailey]

Embrace the odd!😄

[Ballpark Frank]

I agree. Definitely.

[Arundass TP]

Excellent writing. Loved it

[Ballpark Frank]

Thank you! Most think this story is crazy but I liked writing it. It's mostly fiction though of course. Lol

[Rubi]

omg that is an absolute fav rn

[Ballpark Frank]

Thank u! I appreciate that.

[Rubi]

alg i loved reading it u sure have writing skills

[Ballpark Frank]

Thanks! You're kind.

[Rubi]

have you thought about any other stories yet.. mb do one about me

[Papaya]

That was a great movie! I loved it! Nice story. Yes, she's pretty. Good luck!

[Ballpark Frank]

Thanks! All fiction though.

[Papaya]

It's just that good, I thought it was real! 🙂🙃

[Ballpark Frank]

The movie was great. My imagination was working that day. Did you see it?

[Papaya]

It's been a while but yes, I've seen it.

[Ballpark Frank]

I loved it. I saw it when it came out.

[Ballpark Frank]

I'm sorry you've left.

[June bug]

Such wonderful details in this write, Love comes and go and it is such a strong feeling
as it as even the word love is confusing, yet can be a blessing. This is really good.
Quite intriguing really.

[Ballpark Frank]

Thank you so much. I love hearing the thoughts of other writers. It's helpful even if there are sometimes strong critiques.

[June bug]

I couldn't give a critique if I wanted to. I just wasn't made that way.

[Ballpark Frank]

Thank you though for your nice comments. This writing was a bit odd so I appreciate that.

[Writergurl]

What a wonderful story here.

[Ballpark Frank]

Thank you! Some like it, some didn't understand it.

[Coffeeprincess]

Beautiful story! The details of the background history. Romantics love this! It leaves room wanting more.

[Ballpark Frank]

Thank you so much. I'm so glad you liked this. Some haven't so that means a lot. But....I like it so ....whatever! Lol

I appreciate you taking the time.

[Coffeeprincess]

It's beautifully written! Is it a part of a novel?

[Ballpark Frank]

No. I just had a few ideas rolling around in my head and I decided to go for it. Thank you! You are very kind.