1 00:00:02,566 --> 00:00:03,965 Hey, Forrest... 2 00:00:09,341 --> 00:00:11,832 were you scared in Vietnam? 3 00:00:13,021 --> 00:00:14,734 Yes. 4 00:00:14,784 --> 00:00:16,373 Well, l... 5 00:00:16,379 --> 00:00:18,507 I don't know. 6 00:00:18,492 --> 00:00:20,551 Sometimes it would stop raining 7 00:00:20,540 --> 00:00:23,941 long enough for the stars to come out... 8 00:00:26,618 --> 00:00:28,552 and then it was nice. 9 00:00:32,170 --> 00:00:34,798 It was like just before the sun goes to bed 10 00:00:34,808 --> 00:00:36,017 down on the bayou. 11 00:00:37,605 --> 00:00:40,758 There was always a million sparkles on the water... 12 00:00:43,326 --> 00:00:45,813 like that mountain lake. 13 00:00:46,043 --> 00:00:47,602 It was so clear, Jenny, 14 00:00:47,658 --> 00:00:50,593 it looked like there were two skies 15 00:00:50,647 --> 00:00:52,581 one on top of the other. 16 00:00:54,885 --> 00:00:58,252 And then in the desert, when the sun comes up... 17 00:01:00,414 --> 00:01:02,087 I couldn't tell 18 00:01:02,117 --> 00:01:06,549 where heaven stopped and the earth began. 19 00:01:08,899 --> 00:01:11,060 It's so beautiful. 20 00:01:15,223 --> 00:01:17,569 I wish I could've been there with you. 21 00:01:21,587 --> 00:01:23,138 You were. 22 00:01:33,090 --> 00:01:34,785 I love you. 23 00:01:39,526 --> 00:01:42,654 You died on a Saturday morning. 24 00:01:44,524 --> 00:01:48,620 And I had you placed here under our tree. 25 00:01:53,172 --> 00:01:55,948 And I had that house of your father's 26 00:01:55,948 --> 00:01:58,212 bulldozed to the ground. 27 00:02:01,727 --> 00:02:02,921 Mama... 28 00:02:04,791 --> 00:02:06,725 always said 29 00:02:07,335 --> 00:02:09,931 that dyin' was a part of life. 30 00:02:12,873 --> 00:02:14,636 I sure wish it wasn't. 31 00:02:18,023 --> 00:02:19,547 Little Forrest is... 32 00:02:20,227 --> 00:02:21,941 doing just fine. 33 00:02:22,187 --> 00:02:23,176 "But..." 34 00:02:23,176 --> 00:02:25,610 About to start school again soon, 35 00:02:25,610 --> 00:02:26,965 and... 36 00:02:28,775 --> 00:02:31,340 and I make his breakfast, lunch, and dinner 37 00:02:31,370 --> 00:02:32,418 every day. 38 00:02:34,698 --> 00:02:36,290 I make sure he... 39 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:39,393 combs his hair 40 00:02:39,513 --> 00:02:41,606 and brushes his teeth every day. 41 00:02:44,039 --> 00:02:46,219 Teaching him how to play Ping-Pong. 42 00:02:48,741 --> 00:02:50,174 He's really good. 43 00:02:50,270 --> 00:02:52,363 Uh, Forrest, you go. 44 00:02:52,363 --> 00:02:53,421 Uhh! 45 00:02:57,131 --> 00:02:58,564 We fish a lot. 46 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:04,211 And every night, we read a book. 47 00:03:04,211 --> 00:03:05,814 He's so smart, Jenny. 48 00:03:08,990 --> 00:03:11,083 You'd be so proud of him. 49 00:03:12,787 --> 00:03:14,049 I am. 50 00:03:14,899 --> 00:03:18,222 He, uh, wrote you a... a letter. 51 00:03:20,502 --> 00:03:23,437 And he says I can't read it. I'm not supposed to, 52 00:03:23,437 --> 00:03:26,372 so I'll just leave it here for you. 53 00:03:42,010 --> 00:03:43,375 Jenny... 54 00:03:48,945 --> 00:03:51,210 I don't know if Mama was right 55 00:03:52,262 --> 00:03:55,356 or if it... it's Lieutenant Dan. 56 00:03:55,356 --> 00:03:57,251 I don't know... 57 00:03:57,741 --> 00:04:00,403 if we each have a... 58 00:04:01,883 --> 00:04:03,009 destiny... 59 00:04:04,539 --> 00:04:08,305 or if we're all just floating around accidental-like 60 00:04:08,305 --> 00:04:09,738 on a breeze... 61 00:04:13,988 --> 00:04:15,922 but l... I think... 62 00:04:18,110 --> 00:04:19,873 maybe it's both. 63 00:04:23,823 --> 00:04:27,054 Maybe both get happening at the same time. 64 00:04:33,047 --> 00:04:34,981 But I miss you, Jenny. 65 00:04:41,541 --> 00:04:43,532 If there's anything you need... 66 00:04:44,642 --> 00:04:46,576 I won't be far away.