I was still kinda sleepy so I lay down and closed my eyes. I dozed off for a bit here and there. If I didn't do that, I don't know how I could have handled this film.
There was a part in the movie where the man dreamed his child had called him, asking why he didn't pick him up. It was very touching and sad. I just really hope I would never be in a situation like that. I hope my kids and my wife will be happy, healthy and safe for a long time.
At first, I thought it would be an interesting, quirky adventure type film. It starts off giving advice on how to travel for business. There's a scene in the beginning where the man sits on a plane next to a reader of his articles. It made me think for a while that this would be like a "Trains, Planes and Automobiles" type flick. But it wasn't.
I'm struggling right now to even write about it. It's tough for me saying goodbye to my kids every day. My younger one gives me a hug every morning when I drop him off at the bus stop. And then he's off and ready to start his day. Sometimes he waves at me from the bus, and sometimes he's preoccupied with talking to his friends or something.
My older one hugs me everyday, too. But that is more of a quick hug. I try to kiss him on the cheek, but he's got a lot of hair. His mom drives him to the light rail, and he commutes to school. My wife and I used to take turns dropping him off all the way to school, but he has a friend who commutes also and he likes going on the light rail with him. Sometimes they hang out at the mall for a bit before going home. We have not had to drive him since the second half of the school year last year. While I appreciate the time I have to stay home, I do miss being with him, even though he just slept the whole way until we got there. If I got there early, I would just sit in the car quietly listening to the music and watching the people pass by, sometimes hearing him breathe in his sleep. I don't even remember anymore what time I would wake him. 7:30 maybe? But I would gently tap him on his knee and then he would stir and look around. I would give him a hug and then he would get out, open the rear door and grab his backpack from the backseat.
When my older one was still a toddler, his mom used to drop him off to day care, which was near her work. When I would buckle him up in his car seat in the mornings, I would tell him, "Listen and learn, share and care, take turns." Not sure how I came up with that. It kinda rhymes, I guess. And I still say it to him now that he's a sophomore in high school. And I have been saying the same thing to my fourth grader.
It's interesting that the character's wife left him as their relationship had changed since their loss. Definitely once you've had kids, things are not the same as before. Our days are all about our kids' activities. Our days are very much very full now. We would of course be very lost without them.
The other interesting character in the story is the new love interest. She was played by Geena Davis, and I don't know how realistic her character is, why she would put up with someone who seemed so hard to reach. The film had somewhat of a happy ending, but I guess that's not how it always works in real life.
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