My Turn on Earth

When I was a kid, we had the book, "My Turn on Earth." We liked it because the main character is named Barbara, just like my mom. It's about her in heaven and then coming to earth, her life, and then her return again to heaven.

I don't remember a lot about it, just that I liked it.

So I was super happy when I saw the DVD for it at Deseret Book! I imagined up fun Sunday evenings with future kids all huddled around the TV watching a great video.

But last Sunday, I took it to my mom's and she, me, my dad, and Whit all watching it. My dad didn't make it through the opening song (it's a musical) before he was zonked out with his mouth wide open in an utter boredom-induced sleeping coma. Whit had to get up and leave at one point and he never returned. I was stuck on the couch or I would have and I caught my mom sleeping a couple of times, too.

The music was good, but there was so, so much. The dancing was not good. The scenery was not good. It taught false doctrines like there were 2 plans (there was just one plan in heaven and a rebellion). It seemed to flirt with LDS doctrine, talking about how earth was so "Telestial," but didn't state anything about needing to be baptized or married in the temple.

Plus it was so super boring.

So I had the great fantasy of my future children all huddled around the TV with popcorn watching it on Sundays, but now I think I'll just make them watch it when they're bad.