Cry Baby

I wonder if the people who know me would be surprised at how easily I cry at movies. In fact, I can't remember the last movie I saw where I didn't cry. Yesterday, before Avatar, we saw a preview for the new Toy Story movie opening this summer. The premise is that Andy is going to college, and all of his toys end up at a day care program from which they find it necessary to escape. It looks funny and entertaining, but it was the poignancy of being just a seat away from my nephew who will be off to college himself next year and the memory of seeing the original Toy Story movies with him when he was a little boy that brought a lump to my throat, and that was before the movie even started.