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Doctor, let me be frank with you.

Do not be fooled by my age

or this walking stick.

I have lived alone for quite awhile

and I am very capable.

Besides...

God will give her all

the strength she needs.

Thank you for doing this

for me, grandma.

It's my pleasure.

It's been a long time since you've

been up to the cabin.

Look at the price of gas!

I know, it's always going up.

The last time I got it,

it was $2 a gallon.

When was that?

A couple of years ago.

I don't drive too much.

The people, they just drive too fast.

Do you have air conditioning?

Oh yes, and heat too.

Can we turn it on?

The heat?!

No, the air conditioning.

Oh, sure.

No no, wait!

That feels like the heat.

It takes a minute.

Oh...

One of my red lights just came on.

We'd better pull over.

I'd better see what the manual says.

Who?

The owner's manual.

Oh!

The manual says you've overheated!

I think I fixed the horn!

We're here!

We're here?

Yeah.

Well then why'd you stop?

Well you told me to pull over.

Okay.

And another one.

We can do this, we can do this.

Let me open the gate.

Come on, put your arm around me.

All right, come on.

Okay.

That wasn't so bad.

I'm parched.

I bet you are too.

Ooh boy.

I'm really tired, I think

I'd like to go to bed now.

Of course.

Let me take you to your room.

No, no, I can do it.

Okay.

Let me just go get your bag.

Pastor Russell.

Well hello Pastor, this is Rose Whitman.

Well hello Rose, how are you today?

Oh I'm doing just fine,

busy doing the Lord's work.

But I need some help.

Sure, how can I help?

My granddaughter is staying with me

a bit and I need a handyman to come

and build a ramp for her wheelchair.

Would you happen to know anybody

that could do that job?

I do, I do, we have a young man

here who's been working at the church,

he's quite handy.

Wonderful!

Is he working today?

He is, we had lunch earlier.

I'll just come on over

and see if he's interested in the job.

Super, I will tell him to

expect you, his name is Ben.

Oh thank you, Pastor.

I'll see you in a bit.

Hi, are you Ben?!

Yes, ma'am.

Hi, I'm Rose Whitman.

Pastor Russell suggested

that I get a hold of you.

Oh yes, he told me.

I live on just down the road and I

need some work on my home.

Would you be interested?

Sure, what do you need?

Well I need a wheelchair ramp

for my granddaughter.

She's about your age.

Well now I don't want any charity!

I will pay for all of the services.

The church keeps me

really busy right now.

I could really use your help.

Well here's my telephone

number and address.

Perhaps if you could find some time.

It was nice to meet you.

You too.

It's good to see Rachel again.

Been quite some time

since we've seen her.

Yes, but I'm exhausted and

it's only her first day here.

How long is she gonna stay?

It could be a month.

That sounds about right.

I think I've bitten off

more than I can chew.

God will give ya the strength

to see it through.

Got any pull up there?

I could use some help.

I'll see what I can do.

She's beautiful.

She looks just like Katherine.

They get their looks from you.

I suspect that she'll wanna

talk about her mother.

What do I tell her?

The truth.

You're right.

I sure miss you.

I miss you too, darling.

Hello?

Hello, Miss Whiteman?

Yes?

Yeah, it's Ben from church.

Ben, how are you?

I'm fine.

You know, I actually wanted to help

you out with that ramp tomorrow.

Oh that is wonderful.

Say around seven?

Okay, I'll see you tomorrow.

And Ben, thank you.

You're welcome.

Dinner's ready.

I hope you're hungry.

I don't really feel like getting up.

Do you think you could bring it in here?

Oh no, honey, you've been in

this bed for four hours.

It would do you good to get up.

Here, let me help you.

You can do it.

Do you remember when I used to

make chicken noodle soup for you

when you were little?

Vaguely.

You refused to sit in a high chair.

I would take phone books and put them

under you so you could sit at the table.

I don't remember that.

You couldn't have been

maybe three or four.

You were such a tiny little thing.

Your mother used to do that.

When you were done, you would sit

on the floor and play with your dolls

for hours on end.

You would change their clothes

over and over, you were so adorable.

I wish I could remember that.

The Millers lived two doors down.

Their boys would ride their mini bikes

up and down the street.

Your grandfather used to go out

there and shake his fist at them!

Do you like your soup?

Yes, thank you.

It used to be your favorite.

Honey, do you need anything?

I'm fine.

Okay, I'll just let

you do your business.

Okay, let's get your legs.

Wait, where are you gonna sleep?

I'll make the couch into a bed.

I do that when I have guests.

I'm so glad you're here.

Goodnight, Rachel.

Goodnight, grandma.

Good morning!

Morning.

Thank you so much for helping me.

Of course.

Well, there they are.

Why don't you come back tomorrow?

Oh, that's nothing.

These are awful steep.

Wonder...

Wonder if we can build it back there.

Hey, whatever you think.

All right, well I'll get to work.

Well good morning, sleepy head.

Are you ready to get up?

What's all that noise?

That's my handyman.

Come on, let's get you all cleaned up.

Come on, you can do it.

Let's take the covers.

Come on.

Okay, there you go.

I think I need some fresh clothes.

No, I'll get it.

I hope you're hungry.

You really shouldn't

overdo yourself, honey.

How'd you sleep?

Very well, but I'm sorry

you have to sleep on the couch.

Oh honey, I fall asleep on that couch

more than I do my own bed.

Why don't you eat?

Ben!

Come on in!

Let me get that for you.

Ben, have you met my

lovely granddaughter Rachel?

Hello.

Hi.

Ben, we were just getting ready to eat,

can you join us?

I'm okay, but I did finish the ramp

if you wanna come check it out?

Ben built you a ramp for your

wheelchair so you could come

and go as you please.

I can't wait to see it.

Oh that is just beautiful.

How much do I owe you?

Oh no no no, don't worry

about it, it's okay.

Oh no you don't, young man.

That's very kind of you, but I doubt

you're independently wealthy.

Come on in and I'll pay you.

I appreciate you getting

it done so quickly.

Well of course.

I might be needing it myself someday.

Oh no no, this is way too much.

Nonsense, Ben, your work

is well worth it.

Besides, I might have some odd jobs

for you to do in the future.

Okay, well thank you.

Goodbye, Ben.

Why'd you go, you didn't even eat?

I need to run some errands,

do you wanna go with me?

You could try out your new ramp.

No.

Well I'll be back in a little while.

Don't forget to eat!

Would you please close

the door when you leave?

Okay.

Hi honey, sorry it took so long.

I think I'd like to lay down for awhile.

Sure, let me help you.

Okay honey, turn it like this.

Here we go.

Oh, I see you're getting all settled in.

Yeah, I took the liberty

of using the dresser.

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