Hey, Forrest...

were you scared in Vietnam?

Yes.

Well, l...

I don't know.

<i>Sometimes it would stop raining</i>

<i>long enough for
the stars to come out...</i>

<i>and then it was nice.</i>

It was like just
before the sun goes to bed

down on the bayou.

<i>There was always
a million sparkles on the water...</i>

<i>like that mountain lake.</i>

<i>It was so clear, Jenny,</i>

<i>it looked like
there were two skies</i>

<i>one on top of the other.</i>

And then in the desert,
when the sun comes up...

<i>I couldn't tell</i>

<i>where heaven stopped
and the earth began.</i>

<i>It's so beautiful.</i>

I wish I could've
been there with you.

You were.

I love you.

<i>You died on a Saturday morning.</i>

And I had you placed
here under our tree.

And I had that house
of your father's

bulldozed to the ground.

<i>Mama...</i>

always said

that dyin' was a part of life.

I sure wish it wasn't.

Little Forrest is...

doing just fine.

"But..."

<i>About to start school again soon,</i>

<i>and...</i>

<i>and I make his breakfast,
lunch, and dinner</i>

every day.

I make sure he...

combs his hair

and brushes his teeth every day.

Teaching him how
to play Ping-Pong.

<i>He's really good.</i>

Uh, Forrest, you go.

Uhh!

<i>We fish a lot.</i>

And every night,
we read a book.

He's so smart, Jenny.

You'd be so proud of him.

I am.

He, uh, wrote you
a... a letter.

And he says I can't read it.
I'm not supposed to,

so I'll just leave it
here for you.

Jenny...

I don't know
if Mama was right

or if it... it's
Lieutenant Dan.

I don't know...

if we each have a...

destiny...

or if we're all just
floating around accidental-like

on a breeze...

but l... I think...

maybe it's both.

Maybe both get happening
at the same time.

But I miss you, Jenny.

If there's anything
you need...

I won't be far away.