Tuesday, 20 April 2010 -- Day 121 (134)

How can an animated movie make me cry? Kenzie has to watch the first part of the animated movie, UP, and it's sadly reminiscent of where my dad is at right now, minus the construction going around all sides of his house. And Dad isn't quite so grumpy as Carl to send a little Wilderness Scout on a Snipe hunt or injure a man w/ a cane. But he's lonely and doesn't know what to do when his wife Ellie passes away until he remembers a promise he made to her years ago. For years Carl and Ellie would save up to take a trip to Paradise Cove, but something always took precedence a new tire or a broken leg. So just when they're about to take Carl to a retirement village, he turns his house into giant hot air balloon. Carl continually talks to a picture of Ellie telling her, "Don't worry, Ellie," we'll get there." Mom always wanted to travel on Amtrak and ride in an airplane, and thanks to the help and planning of my brother Ron, she got to do both. You're never too old for adventure, and it's never too late to keep your promises.