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but our entire team hasn't.

It'd really bring us to the

next level.

Oh. Wow, that sounds like a

great investment.

You want to see the packet?

It's two weeks away from home, and

you get to stay college dorm rooms!

Sure.

See, they even bring in NBA

stars to offer pointers.

Some guys on our team haven't been

away from home for two weeks.

I haven't, but it sounds

so awesome.

Ugh, I never did well at camp.

I always got so homesick.

But this looks like way too

much fun.

Wait. You? Homesick?

Yeah, I was a kid once.

Oh. Well, yeah.

You probably don't know what a Walkman

is, but on my first trip to camp

my dad made this sweet little recording

on a cassette tape and sent it to me.

My counselors had told my

parents how homesick I was.

Anyway, he recorded this

sweet little goodnight,

and then the girls in

my cabin found it.

And, they made so much fun of me.

Calling me daddy's goodnight girl.

So humiliated.

I came home so mad, I

threw the Walkman at him.

It hit him in the face

and he chipped a tooth.

If I were in your cabin,

I wouldn't have made fun of you.

Well, not that it would have been

your cabin because I'm a boy, but...

Yeah, I know what

you mean, thank you.

You're very sensitive.

You're more sensitive than a

lot of people I know.

I don't know about

sensitive, but um.

You meet a lot of people?

Oh! Um,

sorry! I'm such a klutz!

Oh, there's

your mom! Is that your mom?

Here's your...

Oh yeah, um, thanks.

I'll see you tomorrow then.

You should know, you'll be a

very good looking mom.

- Um, thank you.

- Sure, bye. - Bye.

Ah!

Od you're not a hand model, huh?

That's gonna leave a scar.

You should've had those

stitches out weeks ago!

Yeah, I know.

Think maybe I could get some

painkillers?

If this is a stunt because you think you

can get painkillers from a small town doc,

you've got another thing coming.

No, uh, i...

I'm just kiddin' ya.

Little bit of levity.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm sorry to hear about

your dad.

I didn't know him personally,

but I knew of him.

Your sister, I do know!

She's, uh, got that sweet little

nervous Nellie thing, right?

- Yeah, I guess you could say

that.

Yeah. The circle of life, huh?

You look like good uncle

material.

- That must be a nice distraction.

- Uncle?

You're gonna have to clean

up your act, mister.

Stop giving your sister those

cigarettes.

I'd tell you to lay off the cancer

sticks, but the celebs I've treated,

and I have treated a few, usually don't

listen to anybody until they're in rehab.

How much you drinkin' these

days, huh?

Every time I saw you on that show,

you had a drink in your hand.

Yeah, the last kid was just

picked up.

Oh, I was gonna, uh,

swing by the market.

The kids asked me to pick up a few

things for tomorrow for them.

Yeah, I know. I'm a pushover.

Anyway, um, I'll be home in

like an hour.

I thought maybe we could go

for that walk then?

Yeah, no, I-i just thought...

Yeah, we can talk in the

morning.

What do we have here?

In art class, snapped Angela's

bra and got detention.

Katie told dad, and dad's not

talkin' to me.

Katie and dad, suck it. Another day

in paradise. Phil Collins sucks.

My hockey career is over.

Girls don't get me. I tried to touch Casey

Stanley's boob, and she said I was a player.

October 30, 1990: Dad hit a moose with his

truck on his way home from the cabin.

He wasn't hurt, but he couldn't

remember anything.

I was scared.

With Scott gone, we all knew that it was

dunkin's belt buckle that we needed to loosen.

He just embodies a man,

right down to his Cologne.

He has a swagger.

Kinda reminds me of my daddy.

And a sweetness that reminds me

of my grandma Ruth.

Is that weird?

Even darkness is not dark to Kelly. The

night is bright as day when she's around.

Ahh, I hope she sees the light

I bring too. I think she does.

Of course I think about that

goodbye, and it's like...

I've come to believe that

everything happens for a reason.

You can mourn that hole in your

heart when someone leaves,

you can just fill it with a new

love.

What else are you supposed to

do?

To a beautiful woman.

Cheers, to a handsome man!

- Most of us guys, young bucks, are not known for our poetry.

- Oh?

- But, I wrote something.

- You did?

It's called perfection, far

from wasted. By me.

"And another regrettable thing

about love"

"is the ending of your walking

on your own two feet"

"which took an entire life

to ground."

"The whole act of love is intoxicating,

like too many six packs."

"Who will be this perfect

again? No one."

"For you alone are perfection,

far from wasted."

Wow. That's beautiful.

No one had ever written

such beautiful words for me.

I was melting.

All of the pain that I've felt

in love

seems to wash away

in moments like that.

I feel really blessed.

Ever since I was a little girl when I

went to bed, I would count my blessings,

and I would send my

blessings out to other people.

And even though I am out with

dunkin, and the other guys,

I'm sending my blessings

to Scottie.

I think he needs them.

He'll be the same as, as

he was. Time will heal him.

I look forward to seeing him

then.

One day.

- Hey. Hey! Hmm?

- You awake? - No.

Can I ask you something?

It's a little early for 'can I ask you

something' questions. Don't you think?

Right.

Uh, we should probably leave

in like 20 to pick up the kids.

Kate. It's about Scottie,

right? Your question?

Yeah.

- You're doing fine with that.

- Thanks.

All right, well it's not exactly

machu Pichu, but we are moving dirt.

And guess what? Today we're gonna continue

searching. We're gonna continue looking.

We're gonna make this

place look nice, okay?

We're gonna split you up today

as well.

I know this all seems a tad ridiculous,

but you're a team. You're a family.

And when you're working together, then

it doesn't matter what you're doing.

You're building a bond.

So when the Chisholm pioneers

start full court pressing you

in the fourth quarter next year, you're

gonna be there for each other. Why?

Because you have a bond that cannot

be severed. It cannot be pierced.

All right guys, bring it in. Come on.

One, two, three, grizzlies!

Let's work! Come on! Yeah!

- Hey.

- Hey.

- They uh, they find anything else?

- Uh, not really.

He's kinda good with those

kids, huh?

Ah, he's got 'em digging

holes, looking for treasures.

He must be doin'

something right.

And if you can build a sandcastle,

just for moral support...

All right.

So where are you off to today?

Eh, I'm just gonna

hang around here today.

Stop it! What are you doing? I

still have to go through all that!

What, what you think you're really

gonna hold onto time, December 1975?

Well, there's a reason

why he saved it.

The ayatollah was the man of

the year.

See?

Oh, dad was a big fan of the

Ayotollah? Come on!

Stop it, Scottie! People might want

this stuff. On ebay, it's worth money.

Is, is that why you're taking pictures

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