we went from milwaukee, chicago, then to odessa, texas. the trip was bumpy at first.uch. there were moments of frustration because of the way he thinks. i've never had a real conversation with him, but the deeper we got in, the more beautiful. >> it seems the turning point was a theme park ride. >> it was. we went to six flags outside of st. louis. he loves roller coasters, the rush, the feel. the problem is, i got to go on them. i don't know why i did this. there was something called dragon's wing. you're hoisted through a crane 153 feet high and then bungee jump. i said do you want to do it and he said, yeah. i tried to talk him out of it. we did it. i was scared to death, but we were clushing each other arm to arm and it got tighter and tighter and tighter. it was the most beautiful, physical moment i've ever had with my son because when he was a baby, i could never hold him. he was in the hospital for seven and a half months. there was also a tube coming out. always something come out of his body and so this was my moment of clutching my baby and it was physically