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You could have used the closet.

Well okay, I'll just be getting

back to the kitchen.

Hello, Ben?

Hi, this is Rose.

Oh I'm okay.

Yeah, I was wondering...

If you'd like to come over

and do some other things for me.

Oh, whenever you have the time.

Yeah.

Grandma!

Okay.

Oh Ben, that is so great.

I'll see you then.

Thanks, Ben!

I just wanna go to the bathroom.

Are you okay?

I'm okay.

I just woke up with a kink, I'm fine.

Grandma?

What happened between you and Mom?

It's a bit complicated.

Your mother was a very complex

woman as I'm sure you know.

All I know is...

She was very angry.

When your mother was a young woman,

she fell in love with this boy

who was quite a ruffian.

Your grandfather forbid her to see him.

She snuck out one night anyway

and your grandfather waited up

all night for her to return.

After that, he sent her off

to Sacred Heart's Academy

and she lost touch with the boy.

It broke her heart, but your

grandfather, he ruled the house

with an iron fist.

He grew up to be a

prominent businessman.

Very wealthy, and in fact to this

day who would have guessed.

She ran away form the Academy,

met your father and had you.

She was just a child herself.

She wouldn't marry your father

no matter how much we pleaded.

She wouldn't make it

right with the church.

After that, she just cut us off.

What if you...

What if you had to do it over again?

Would you choose your

daughter or the church?

I didn't like it.

I didn't wanna lose my daughter,

but it has to be right with the Lord.

Then the accident happened.

I'm sorry.

Oh, let's just...

Let me get these dishes,

you go on to bed and I'll

take care of everything.

You need your rest.

I'll be in to tuck you in.

Rachel!

You got in bed by yourself!

Well I figured I'd better get

healthy so I can help you into bed.

Grandma.

It wasn't your fault.

What happened with you and Mom.

Thank you.

Hello?

Oh, come in.

Oh, hi, is your grandmother here?

Oh no, she had to go out for a bit.

Is there something you needed?

Well I'm planting the flowers out there

in the flower bed and I just

don't know where they go.

Oh, well maybe I can help.

It's okay, don't worry about it,

I'll just wait for your grandmother.

It's no trouble, really.

Hmm, excuse me, if I can just get...

Let me help you.

Thanks.

So I think she'd want the petunias

in the back for some height and

the illicium in front for ground cover

and then dianthus in the middle.

I can do that.

You really know your flowers.

You want me to wheel you back inside?

No, no, I'm fine, I've

been inside for a couple of days.

Feels good to get out.

Okay.

Thank you for building the ramp.

Oh, you're welcome.

It's very peaceful out here.

Yeah.

Oh, are you from here?

Ah, no, Midwest.

Where?

Michigan.

Oh, I don't think I could

stand the winters there.

They're pretty cold.

So...

I hear there's a lake a few miles away.

Maybe you could show it to me.

Okay, maybe.

Well I'll let you get back to work.

Oh it is just lovely.

Well Rachel, look at you all dressed up.

Isn't she pretty?

Yeah, she's pretty.

Well...

Anyway, I brought this from

Shirley in my Bible Study group.

She broke her hip last year,

but she doesn't need it.

Ben did such a wonderful job

on the flower garden, he put

everything where I would have put it.

Rose, I better get going.

Oh please say you can stay for dinner.

We have so much more

food than we can eat!

I would love to, but I can't tonight.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Bye.

Ben's such a good boy, isn't he?

Mmmhm.

You think you're ready for this?

Absolutely, I'm sick of this chair.

All right.

You can do it.

Speaking of time, you know

why I'm here, don't you?

Yes.

It's almost time, Rose.

I know, but there's something

that I have to take care of first.

Ben.

They make a lovely couple.

Ah, so that's your plan.

He's a nice young man, a widower.

And Rachel's biological

clock is ticking.

Speaking of ticking clocks...

I'm not going anywhere until

those two kids are right.

You'll just have to wait.

Wait?

There's no waiting, Rose!

When it's your time, it's your time!

Well I'm not leaving until

I'm through with this.

I'm sorry, but you'll just have to tell

whomever to be patient.

You are the most stubborn

woman I have ever known!

Thank you, Charles.

Come in!

Oh my gosh.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

Let me help you into your chair.

No, honestly, I'm fine, really.

I'm fine.

Okay, you sure?

Yeah, yeah, is there

something you needed?

Yeah, is your grandmother here?

No.

You know if she has a ladder anywhere?

If she does, it's in the shed out back.

Oh.

Yeah, there's a key on the shelf.

Oh, okay.

Are you sure you're okay?

Yes, I'm sure I'm fine.

Okay.

Got it.

Come in!

Hi.

Hi.

Can you tell your grandmother

that I finished everything on her list?

Oh, you're all done here?

Yeah, for today, but

I'll be back tomorrow.

Oh great!

I mean great, yeah.

Okay, well...

I'll see you later.

Bye.

Hi, honey!

Oh, Ben said to tell you that

he'd be back tomorrow.

Oh that's wonderful!

You like him, don't you?

He's all right.

He reminds me of your grandfather.

The strong silent type.

I have something to show you.

That is unbelievable!

And now, I'm going to the

bathroom all by myself.

Did Rose Whitman get a hold of you?

Yes she did, I built her a ramp

and then I did some other things around

the house that she needed.

I appreciate that.

Thank you, she just has not been

the same since her husband passed.

You met her granddaughter?

Yeah, I did.

She's very pretty.

She reminds me of Sarah.

I have a really hard time

looking at her in that wheelchair.

Well that's understandable.

Sounds like you might

be quite fond of her.

I'm not ready for a relationship.

What is it you're afraid of?

I can't go through that pain again.

Ben, pain is part of living,

you can't fear it.

You think Christ feared pain

when He died on the cross for our sins?

I don't know.

You know, I recently read where people

said as they get older they have

more regrets for the things

they didn't do

than for the things they did.

Open your heart and take a chance.

Hello?

Oh yes, she's here.

Is it the doctor?

No, it's Ben.

Hello?

Hi.

Oh.

No, no, this morning's fine.

Okay, bye.

What did he want?

He wants to take me to the lake.

I think he likes you.

He just wants to show me the lake.

Your grandfather and I used to go to

the lake all the time

when we were young.

Oh my gosh, it's nine.

Okay, I have to get ready.

Rachel, Ben's here!

Come on in.

Hi, Ben.

Hey.

My husband used to take me to

the lake years ago.

You cannot imagine

the memories that I have.

You look beautiful.

Are you ready?

Sure.

Have her back in a couple hours?

Okay.

I really think that I should

have brought the chair.

You know what, I got an idea.

Oh gosh, I'm too heavy!

Hey, I'll stop if I get tired.

Okay.

You know my mother

used to make apple pie.

When I was a little girl I would,

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