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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies
During my Twilight saga phase years ago, I became immersed in the love story of a mortal who falls in love with a vampire. But one of the movies as part of the saga came to my mind today.
It’s Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn part 1. Bella and Edward were the main characters of the story through the whole five-part series of movies. But Breaking Dawn focuses more on transformation.
I won’t go into too much detail if you haven’t seen it, but for those of you who have, you’ll understand what I mean.
Bella narrates through the movie as everything is through her own thoughts, almost like a journal.
But it’s what she says at the start of Breaking Dawn part one that has always stuck with me.
Her voice-over as the movie begins with “Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age the child is grown and puts away childish things. childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.
When I first heard that, It really resonated with me and made me think. Maybe that’s why we don’t like to let go of things.
I remember when I moved out of home, I had to declutter a lot of what I had. I threw out everything, even my stuffed animals which I had to accept had become dust collectors and taking up space. Elements of my childhood I…
