Eyes like saucers galil: I live for days like these, they are few and far between but man when they happen it makes all the dull days seem worth it.
I always had a dream of flying. When things were bad at the start of the end of my marriage I would go over to the airport in Louisville and watch the airplanes come in and land. I always wondered what it would be like to be in the seat of the airplane and truly be in control as the airplane comes over the threshold, holding it off until it settles in nicely for a smooth touchdown.
After my wife left me I was a mess for a while and was trying to the best of my abilty to move on without her. She did many nasty things to me. One of which was getting me fired from a very good job at a large bank. After that I decided to sell my house and move on and make my dreams come true of now being the guy behind the controls and bringing her down on the runway.
Some people never find what they are truly put on this planet to do. I was lucky and the wierd thing is the woman that did the most damage to me gave me the best gift ever in setting me free to follow my dreams.
So hear I am the other day. I am on final approach for runway 9 left. As I come off the runway and taxi to the FBO<< airport office. I see a guy outside watching the planes come in and land with his 13 year old son.
I can tell they don't have millions of dollars and I was pretty sure they were'nt there to charter a plane. Anyway, I go up and start talking to them and find out that I was right and his son was alot like me whan I was his age. His dad was trying to help him find a reason to do the right things and to give him maybe a dream to shoot for.
I talked to his dad a little longer and I felt like Santaclause, I made the offer of taking him and his dad up and letting his son fly for real and see what it was realy like coming over the fence and landing a plane.
They took me up on my offer and the last thing I will tell you about this event is this. They may or may not forget me, but that smile his son had when he took off will never leave my mind.
If they only knew how much they had done for me. Things like that make a divorce look so insignificant.
Re: Eyes like saucers amola: wow. you absolutely brought me to tears with this one.
thank you so much for sharing!
:)
amola
Re: Eyes like saucers minneapolis: First of all, good for you for finding your dream and making it happen. That is wonderful. And also, you can bet that kid is never going to forget that day. You really made a difference in someone's life. Even if he ends up an accountant or a barber, you made an impact. That has to feel good.
