Just heard the song again on the radio, and it brings back a lot of memories to this old camera-operator.
Really!
I remember back to the last century when I went one of my two separate USA tours of my traveling camera, while I lived permanently in Spain.
I was on a Greyhound bus for my travels, as I couldn't afford other means of transportation, plus Greyhound gave a nice discount for veterans.
On one bus ride from there to here, and every point in-between, there was a very young excited guy on the bus, probably in his late 20s. He was kinda close to the front of the bus, but everyone on the bus could hear him. He told a story of how he'd met a gal online, and they've been writing and talking since, and now they were going to meet for the very first time.
He was really excited, and it seemed that everyone on the bus was excited for him too, but......
Soon enough, it was just a few miles before his stop. He was even more excited than ever, and no wonder why.... The bus got really quiet.
He'd finally meet this woman he'd been writing and talking to......
Would it work out or not? Soon enough, we'd find out because the next stop was his....
Would the lady be there? How would it be? Inquiring minds and seeing eyes wanted to know!
At the bus stop, there was a car with a young attractive woman leaning against the car. Our bus mate ran off the bus and hugged the young woman for a very long few minutes. There was a very young boy, I'd guess about three or four years of age. He stood off to the side watching the hugging scene, not doing much but probably feeling a bit forgotten.
After the hugging, the man went around to get his bags, and then looked at the little boy, who stood alone still.... forgotten. He went up to the little boy, and talked for a bit. The boy didn't do a thing. Our bus mate dropped on bent knee to talk to the little Man....
You couldn't hear a sound on the bus.... it was deadly silent. The bus driver sat in his seat, but strangely, didn't close the door nor pull away....
It seemed everyone wanted to see how this meeting would end....
or start....
Finally, the boy took the hand of the man, and they both walked toward the car where the young woman still was, crying a bit now. The bus was still quiet, and I could hear some crying from someone within the bus...
I'm even crying as I write this. I've been in that almost same situation in some episodes of my Life, BUT actually, haven't we all been in a similar situation at some point of our Lives?
So nowadays, each and every time I hear this song, my mind and Heart flashes back to this memory. It's a treasured memory that will never fade from my Soul....
Everyone deserves a chance.
Everyone should have someone in their Life.
We all deserve a second chance.
Many of us just need a very first chance.......
