FORREST GUMP SR. Pt. 3

(See Pts. 1&2)

If you have ever seen the movie, you know in the thirty five or so years which the film depicts our ‘slightly slow’ hero experienced more than most people experience in a lifetime. 

He has set the standard for college football excellence, and gained notoriety on the running circuit. He has ‘rubbed shoulders’ with rock stars and conferred with presidents. He has entertained the Chinese Politburo with his ping pong skills, and won the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroics in Vietnam. He has amassed millions in the shrimp boat business, and was Time magazine’s Man of the Year.

However, as the movie concludes, Forrest Sr. and Forrest Jr. have settled into a life of peaceful obscurity, and father and son sit waiting for little Forrest’ school bus; a hundred yards from the aged two story wooden house in which the humble, unobtrusive man had grown up. 

As the bus draws to a stop, and as Jr. greets Dorothy Harris, the very driver who at one time transported Sr., the latter makes eye contact with his son, and exclaims,

“Forrest, I want you to know I love you.”

(and)

“I’ll be right here when you get back.”

For all his former claim to fame, riches and notoriety, it seems he has discovered his true calling. I think anyone would do well to have a father like 

…Forrest Gump.


 By William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from (Mc)Donald's Daily Diary. Vol. 46. Copyright pending
 
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