The soulful voice of Louis Armstrong singing "What a Wonderful World" plays on, continuing to tug at the heartstrings of the viewers until the part when he sings:
" I hear babies cry
I watch them grow
They'll learn much more and
I'll never know...
And I think to myself
What a Wonderful World..."
These lyrics seem to be speaking directly to me as they so rightly pointed out that I'll probably never know how Samuel will grow up.
The duration of this part of the song (about 15 seconds) will see the photos of 3 adorable Asian babies being flashed against a white background and a quotation "A Baby is God's opinion that life should go on" (Anonymous).
From this point onwards, all photos will only be of Samuel and myself. Texts describing some of the more memorable moments manifesting the close bond between father and son will be white against a black background signifying that the 'happier times' may soon be a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, the background music has turned classical, playing theme tunes from a 1979 American drama film 'Kramer versus Kramer', which won 5 Academy Awards; Best Picture, Director, Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Actress (Meryl Streep) and Best Screenplay.
The reason for the selection of this movie was the strikingly similar storyline where the father (Ted Kramer, played by Dustin Hoffman) decided to spare his son, Billy the nightmarish scenes in court, having to witness the brutal character assassinations that the divorce lawyers will no doubt unleash on both his parents and chose to concede custody to his wife (Joanna Kramer, played by Merly Streep) instead.
Through the music (Concerto for diverse instruments in C major) the composers, Vivaldi and Purcell were able to describe the most intense, delicate, dramatic and intimate moments between father, mother and son.
Snippets from the movie will be imported.
The Kramers had it worked out. The plan was for Billy, to spend one evening with his father before his mother takes him away the next morning.
On that fateful morning, both father and son decided to make the morning memorable by making the 'Perfect Breakfast' together. Viewers could not miss the powerful body language signals sent when the doorbell rang and Billy looked into his father's eyes and slowly a teardrop began to form on the latter's left eye and flowed down, ever so slowly, his cheek.
Ted hugged Billy tightly and whispered, "Billy, I love you."
In reality, the voice of Wilson Kan, the narrator will be broadcast:
"Samuel, Papa loves you and always will."
Epilogue
In the movie "Kramer versus Kramer", there was a twist at the end when the mother knew in her heart of hearts that the son was better off with the father and unconditionally 'returned' the custody but...reel life is so different from real life, isn't it...?
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