Movie/Book Reviews | Natural Family Blog 🌹 Jenny Hatch

Every once in a great while I take a chance and rent a movie from Redbox without knowing anything about it.

Most of the time what I see is the same pointless drivel that flows out of Hollywood year after year.

I was shocked to pick up Sarah’s Key the other day, and find myself transported to 1942 Paris France into the chaos of yet another Holocaust Story that nobody ever taught me about in History Class.

The pure emotion of this amazing movie, so well crafted, acted, and musically scored left me quite drained emotionally. The day after viewing it I watched the Making of the Movie documentary on the DVD and read the English subtitles as the French Writer, Director, Crew, and Actors explained the backstory of the book and movie.

Then last night I popped the disc into my player once again and watched it a second time, reveling in movie making at its very best. As the spirit of the story washed over me, I felt enlivened and overwhelmed by the tender way this story was crafted.

Today before returning the movie, I plan to watch it a third time, as my own personal holiday celebration of Family, Life, Love, and Truth. I have already put the book on my Amazon wish list and plan to purchase the movie for our home Library when I have a few extra dollars laying around. When my daughters return home from school for Christmas Break watching Sarahs Key with them will be a high priority during our three weeks of vacation together.

As I watched the second time, I found the story of the modern day journalist more compelling and relevent to my own life than Sarahs Journey…

I am curious to see how a third viewing touches my heart.

Today I am so grateful for the craft of movie making. It touches me on every level.

Take the time to view Sarah’s Key.

It is a life changing movie.

Jenny Hatch

I’m on page 115 and this book is blowing my mind. Sarah Palin has an amazing background.

A couple of highlights:

Sarahs contemplative prayer on page 83:

“Let me not become disconnected from you, Lord.

Like that red kite, let there be a connecting string between you and me, so that I can fly high and safe as You’ve created all people to do.

With that string I will go where You want me to go.

I’ll be what You want me to be.

Thank You for Your grace.”

I guess what has touched me the most is how much of a bookworm she is. As I read of her childhood adventures with books, her parents close supervision of her television habits (My parents set up similar rules during my childhood, even going so far as to put a lock on the television that could only be opened with keys attached to the car keys – my brothers and I spent quality time trying to swipe those keys so we could sneak a few minutes of viewing before getting caught), her interest in current events at a tender age, especially politics, have really endeared her to me. My love affair with books neve stops and I wrote about political issues in my journal when I was eleven.

I suppose it was this sense of a kindred spirit as she campaigned last year that really touched me. I gave birth to the first of my five children a few months before she had her oldest son. And her absolute devotion to free markets, limited government, and making things easier for small business owners has been music to my ears as I have reviewed her story. I am just at the point in the book where she is running for governor of Alaska and the grass roots campaigning, rejecting special interest money, and taking the time to meet with small town citizens instead of party lobbyists is so telling of where her heart is as a politician.

She is exactly what this country needs as a president, and I am planning to write and encourage her to run with every bit of passion possible these next few years.

This books is a fun read with a wonderful narrative and lots of details about Alaska and the Palin Family lifestyle.

I’ll write more about it later.

If you haven’t already, go buy it. Purchasing her book is a political statement in the current American Ideological Climate.

Jenny Hatch