What Hits You Right in the Feelz

Never had a dad.....glad i missed those feelz moment.

I am in DC right now.  War memorials are pretty deep

Kris Bryant's smile on this play.

My guess is snotbubbles would share your sentiment, superman. 

Stop, I am triggered.

Military services at funerals. I hear it more often than I'd have liked to, since it seems every 3rd person in my family has been in some branch of the service. Yet, I can barely sit/stand there and deal with it. 

posted by CenterBHSFan

Military services at funerals. I hear it more often than I'd have liked to, since it seems every 3rd person in my family has been in some branch of the service. Yet, I can barely sit/stand there and deal with it. 

I had a couple coworkers that used to work for the AF honor guard.  They would do the funerals at Arlington Cemetery all of the time.  I couldn't imagine how hard that was.

Older I get the more I feel bad when a kid just has a horrible play that likely costs a team a game.  

posted by CenterBHSFan

Military services at funerals. I hear it more often than I'd have liked to, since it seems every 3rd person in my family has been in some branch of the service. Yet, I can barely sit/stand there and deal with it. 

From my son this morning:  "just witnessed a ceremony for a fallen soldier being brought off airplane in a casket from the plane I'm about to board".

Very emotional.

Movies tend to get me a great deal.  Some that come to mind:

• The "catch" scene in Field of Dreams - as has been cited here
• The hospital room scene with the little kids in Terms of Endearment 
• The pop up scene towards the end of Bang the Drum Slowly.  Also when Henry Wiggans says, "from here on in, I rag nobody".  Great early Robert DeNiro film if you haven't seen it
• Ending of My Dog Skip
• The last scene in Life is Beautiful when the little boy thinks they have "won the tank" and the grown up narrator says "this was my father's gift to me".  

These are only a small selection of the ones that get me.  

Went to Vietnam war memorial amd seeing people there looking for fsmily members

Then Arlington.  Holy shit the 21 gun salutes going off and the playing of taps at the tomb.

$12.00 fee 

I will add my visit to Dachau concentration camp.  That was an experience that ended up being much more emotional than I'd expected.  I didn't know anyone who was affected by the Holocaust.  But just being immersed into how cruel human beings can be is very hard to take in.  I guess overwhelming is the right adjective.  

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

I will add my visit to Dachau concentration camp.  That was an experience that ended up being much more emotional than I'd expected.  I didn't know anyone who was affected by the Holocaust.  But just being immersed into how cruel human beings can be is very hard to take in.  I guess overwhelming is the right adjective.  

I had the same type of feelings when checking out the Anne Frank house.  Very somber. 

posted by BRF

Field of Dreams: playing catch with Dad.

This...

And pretty much most of the movie (at least the baseball parts, not the love story) For the Love of the Game.

posted by Spock

 

 

Then Arlington.  Holy shit the 21 gun salutes going off and the playing of taps at the tomb.

This

Definitely a Holocaust commemorative visit.  I've been to the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem.  That, and visiting the Pearl Harbor memorial (twice) are very powerful emotional experiences.

Not sure if anyone remembers this "fast-forward" piece written about Calvin & Hobbes (from the comic strip), as a much older Calvin gets to talk with Hobbes one last time:

http://dad-camp.com/final-moments-life-calvin-one-talk-hobbes/

posted by Spock

Went to Vietnam war memorial amd seeing people there looking for fsmily members

 

Then Arlington.  Holy shit the 21 gun salutes going off and the playing of taps at the tomb.

wife and I will be in DC in May for a week ... 

posted by Zunardo

Definitely a Holocaust commemorative visit.  I've been to the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem.  That, and visiting the Pearl Harbor memorial (twice) are very powerful emotional experiences.

Not sure if anyone remembers this "fast-forward" piece written about Calvin & Hobbes (from the comic strip), as a much older Calvin gets to talk with Hobbes one last time:

 

http://dad-camp.com/final-moments-life-calvin-one-talk-hobbes/

 

Thumbs up

posted by Belly35

wife and I will be in DC in May for a week ... 

Belly, I know I gave you recs earlier, but feel free to pm me.  Also, is this your first visit to DC?  

posted by Belly35

wife and I will be in DC in May for a week ... 

This was my first trip.  Worth it for sure