September 1: Unbelievable Goodbye

Today's post is dedicated to Goodbyes. Some of my favorite goodbyes are from movies. One is E.T. and Elliott, when E.T. says, "I'll be right here." Gets me every time. Another is Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation. I just like that the two strangers brought something important into each other's lives just when they needed it the most, but it doesn't go any further. There is true love, but innocent love. The next is from Stand By Me (one of my most favorite movies) when Gordie is really saying goodbye to his friend and the loss of their innocence, especially his own. The movie Boyhood was a really great movie. When Patricia Arquette's character struggles with what Leonidas Vyzas says is the acceptance of the rough and inevitability that time takes it all from us - that as life goes on - how can you merely wave goodbye to the person you love most of all in the world? Crying ensues. Finally when the Chief says goodbye to Mac in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Vyzas says of the film, "And, above all, the proud goodbye given from Chief to his only true friend in the institution...of actual and brave love, of having the courage to put our Superman to rest when the kryptonite has finally taken over." 920 Best Goodbye Scenes).

"He was my superman. I didn't think he had a kryptonite. Saying goodbye to him and the decision that went along with that gut wrenching goodbye was the day our life ended. I'm still figuring out the sequel." - Laurie Dieppa

Book Depository

Yep, that's the window

Dedicated in 1940

The grassy knoll

This is where Abraham Zapruder to the now famous film of the assassination.

Just a weird looking building

Dallas skyline

WTF - So when I went to hitch up the camper the batteries for the camper were dead again. So I couldn't lift the ball cap above the ball hitch. After I had a tantrum and let off a few choice curse words, I figured out that I could charge them up with my truck. I was sitting with the dogs in the truck trying to charge them up enough to hitch up - when a very nice woman, Nora and her daughter Chazzity came to my rescue. They are from Corpus Christi. Nora was a helicopter mechanic in the Army. She raised her daughter on her own for the last 13 years. She didn't have much good to say about men, but she left me with, "Don't give up, I think there are some good men out there." She pulled up her car by the camper to charge the camper batteries while I backed up the truck to hitch it. So, I was only two hours late to see Andrew. But Nora and Chazzity were so nice and helpful. I am so grateful. If they are reading this, I want them to know that they are the people who inspire me each day.

So I got to see Andrew and Franklin and at least say goodbye. It was the strangest feeling saying goodbye and leaving my baby in a different state. Many tears when I got back to the truck. I held it together in front of him. That's progress.

My first stop was Dallas - Dealey Plaza. Made famous for being the place where John F. Kennedy was shot. It was a very quiet surreal place to visit. I don't know what I was expecting, but I did feel a sense of loss. JFK had many flaws, but he and his brother were good for our country. So tragic for their mother to lose them both. I can't imagine. At this point in my life, losing one of my sons would do me in. Game over.

No more sightseeing today, just lots more driving. I had seven hours of driving total, not including pit stops. So, I got to Jenks, Oklahoma around 8:30 P.M. Super nice staff and very clean comfortable room at Comfort Inn. Haha.