Do You Have Any Change?
Last night, as I was watching American Idol, I thought to myself, “Jordin Sparks, you’re no Kelly Clarkson.” And then it hit me. I don’t like change. I like for things to stay the same. And that’s not possible.
It feels like life should be as it is in books. Books are, after all, static. Once they’re printed, they are what they are. There’s no flux. No matter how many times I read Gone With the Wind, Bonnie is always going to die, Daisy will always be reckless in The Great Gatsby and Isabel’s marriage will always end badly in The Portrait of a Lady.
I guess this is why I have been so viscerally opposed to the upcoming Nancy Drew movie. It was too different. There was too much change. Nancy Drew - updated - in Hollywood? Say it isn’t so.
But as Jordin belted out her final song last night, I realized that she, like those that followed her, will do just fine. Carrie Underwood did just walk away with a number of CMAs in her pocket. And I have a couple of her songs on my iPod. Sometimes, change isn’t bad. Sometimes, it’s just change.
So, I’ve decided to embrace the new Nancy Drew books and movie. After all, it has the potential to convert thousands of little girls into magnifying glass carrying, book reading, clue sniffing detectives - who absolutely love to read.
And as a result, somewhere, there will be some little girl curled up in her bed pretending to be sleeping reading Nancy Drew by flashlight while her mom admonishes her to go to sleep. Only she won’t because she’s dying to know what happens next. Because some things never change.
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