My trip this weekend to Phoenix didn't quite involve anything as melodramatic as saying goodbye to a lover before departing--although I do consider myself an expert in this field, a field that I possess a PhD in actually--but I figure this song by John Denver, "Leaving on a Jet Plane" is speciously apropos for this week's Easy Listening Sunday segment. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=vLBKOcUbHR0]
This song holds a special spot in my heart. A few years ago, I had to leave my fiance behind--she had just happily agreed to my proposal--for a secret government mission (basically we had to destroy a killer asteroid heading straight for our planet). As my teammates and I were about to get on the plane, I grabbed my fiance, embraced her and lifted her up. I was trying to alleviate the fears that she had for me. For us. She had a brave smile. Holding her, I began singing, despite what can charitably be described as a singing voice that killa puppies, "All my bags are packed, ready to go..." It was really great when the boys, especially the fat one (that's what we called him, "the fat one") jumped in with his baritone voice.
It was a nice moment.
Too bad her father died during our mission.
She and I divorced a year ago.