That's Not How the Story Goes

Originally posted March 30, 2018.

Season 2 of A Series of Unfortunate Events comes out on Netflix today, and it reminded me of how much this show brought me comfort when I was dealing with the news after first being diagnosed.

It may not seem like it, but  a show about kids with rotten luck that horrible things happen to can actually make you feel better! It lets you know you're not alone in this world of everyone posting Their Best Lives Ever on social media. That shitty things happen, but that it doesn't make you any less resourceful or creative or have people in your lives that you can depend on, like Violet, Klaus, and Sunny did for one another. 

The song at the end of the first season especially brings this home: 

Some people smile at the end of the day

Some people laugh I suppose

But to me there's nothing but gloom and despair

That's just how the story goes.

So here's to Season 2 and all the ways we can deal with things not working out as we want them to!