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Growing Up Big

John is watching Top Gun  next to me on the iPad while I write.  I'm embarrassed to say the the second I heard--didn't see--heard the credits, I said, Hey, are you watching Top Gun ? He looked at me with his jaw dropped and said, "You know this is Top Gun  from listening to seven seconds of credit music?" "Oh, yeah," I said, "Do you know how many times my sisters watched this?  Favorite movie in our house!" I know this movie almost by heart . . .  Favorite line: "Goose, you big stud!  Take me to bed or lose me forever . . . " (why?  I have no idea . . . I think it's because I love Meg Ryan) Favorite scene: Anything with Ice Man (Val Kilmer) in it. What we all thought (and agreed on):  Kelly McGillis is not cute enough to be with Tom. Oh, how I loved these movies.  LOVED them.   Some Kind of Wonder  (first time someone held my hand), Benny and June (when Barbara went from sisters to friends) , Strictly Ball...