I've enjoyed bingeing on both seasons of "Grace and Frankie"--a contemporary romance/family comic drama, no holds barred. Then I moved back to the early Sixties in England.
This week's "Call The Midwife" included the introduction of the contraceptive pill and the variety of different moral opinions about it. As always, this series is not heavy-handed, and differences of opinion are voiced in thoughtful and caring ways.
In the end, with Jackie Wilson singing, "My heart belongs to only you," we hear Jenny's mature voice saying,
"Sometimes there's a brightness and a richness in the moment, a richness that simply says, 'Taste this' and calls us to partake without fear or any thought of punishment. It is the fruit of our experience, and in its heart, it bears the seed of all our hopes. Take the joy. Take all it gives. Life is sweet, and it is ours, as is our right to love and relish every moment."
Though she is persuaded to live a more normal life, one woman chooses to live on a barge with her husband and five children, and she is happy there. Another "had to get married" and it takes a while for her young husband to get on board with marriage and fatherhood. And our Nurse Gilbert? She and the vicar, looks like, are on the verge of a decision that could possibly put them in the new world of choosing birth control.
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