Gilmore Girls

A Year in the Life is where it began for me.  I was still in High School when the original series began... and I was too consumed by my Xena: Warrior Princess obsession to give anything else the time of day.  At the time, I didn't need a show like this.

Teen mom, single mom, Ivy-League focused teenager, rags from riches, solid life independence...  Nothing that really related to me or that I even cared to think about.

In other words, I never gave the show a chance.

Not until November 2016 when my sister literally forced me to watch "Winter" - the first episode in the new Netflix Series.


I watched, I wondered what I was missing with all of the obvious inside jokes that I knew were occurring and that I knew the GG fandom was cracking up to as I sat in my wonder.  Then... the end of "Fall" and the cliff-hanger to trump all cliff-hangers - "Mom." "Yeah." "I'm Pregnant."

Insert shocked emoji face here!

THAT'S HOW THEY ARE ENDING IT?!

I call this ending a cliff-hanger because I am hoping there is a follow series in the works.  I didn't want the story to end.  Within 1 day, just four 90 minute episodes, I fell in love with the show!  I fell in love with Stars Hollow, Lorelai and Luke, Rory, SOOKIE!  It was all as though I was a part of it now...

The obvious next choice - Binge watch the original series.  #Godblessnetflix

I've since been watching - basically - GG since November.  Watching and re-watching.  It's amazing how long it takes to binge watch 7 seasons of a show.  I'm on round 3!

I've found that now, in my 30's, a single mom, looking for my own independence, I can totally relate to the characters.  Bits and pieces of Lorelai, bits and pieces of Rory, can be reminiscent and reflective.

I may not have needed GG back in my late teens - Xena was perfect for that period of time.  However, it seems as though watching this fictional single mom rock her life the way I so dream I could inspires me and motivates me to think - Yes!  It is possible.