So I’m a little late but I wanted to throw mine in there. A couple years ago my wife and son went to see the movie The Good Dinosaur when it was in theaters. I couldn’t go because I had to work. I was working a lot at that time, mostly night shift, so I was asleep pretty much all day. I didn’t get to spend near as much time with them as I wanted. Anyway, my wife told me that they went to see the movie and he was really excited, he kept saying, I wish Daddy could have come with us. It gets to the scene where the Dad dino saves his son from the flood and dies in the process.

My wife told me she looked down at our son and he had tears in his eyes. He said, “I want to go home. This reminds me of Daddy and I really miss him.”

I broke down. To know that he felt that way, that he was hurting because I had to work so much, it killed me. I try to spend as much time with him as I can now. Even though I’m deployed I call and we just sit on the phone watching a movie together or just talking about his day. We have watched the good dinosaur together and we always hug each other during that scene. I have watched it alone and I have shed a few tears during that part. Especially when the young Dino starts calling out for his dad. I pray that my son never feels that way.