Dial a Prayer Page #6

Okay, well,

start from the beginning.

Mm.

Well, you're

stronger than that .

Completely and you don't

deserve that, and you

should leave.

This is Cora.

Dial-a-Prayer?

Hello?

Is it you?

Are you there?

Just press it.

Yup.

They tell me you've met your

hours and then some.

Thinking you'll stay on?

I don't know.

Your mother's enjoyed

having you here.

I know.

Well, then, seems like

you're on a better path.

Cora.

We miss you when you don't

come back, you know?

She does.

She deserves better from you.

You never asked me

why I did it.

You just said that

you would take care of it.

But do you ever wonder

why I ended up down there?

I did it, because I

wanted to feel something...

all the way through me.

And I wanted to be seen...

really seen.

Hey, Bill, can I talk

to you for a second?

Sure. Walk with me.

Do you think it mattered?

What do you mean?

Me, being here, answering

those phones those weeks.

Did it matter?

I think it did, I know it did.

I don't know, I wish

I could take it all back.

I know.

I guess I kind of liked

all this.

Believing that I could help,

make something happen.

You have, Cora.

You know that.

Maybe.

But I don't know

if any of that matters.

The charts and the goals

and the praying from binders.

Are what, to make us feel

better about our own lives?

I think... I think

says it best.

Miracles happen every day.

Every day, everywhere,

and never, right?

Well, that's... that's

one way of putting it.

And I think you were right.

I think... I know I'm done.

And I finally know what

I'm supposed to do next.

Hey, folks, there's still

three hours left in this day...

according to my watch.

There's time! Time to help!

We can still make a difference,

we can.

Blessed are they who show mercy

for mercy shall be theirs.

Merc...

Thank you for calling

Dial-a-Prayer, this is Bill.

How may I pray for you today?

Dial-a-Prayer, this is Jeff.

This is Serena Belle.

Marlene Hammond.

Going out?

You know what? I'm picking up

the turkey tomorrow...

and maybe even getting

a bunch of st...

That's great, Mom.

I'm sorry... about...

about all of it.

About everything

I put you through.

And I need you to know

that I'm gonna be okay.

I need you to know that.

That rage was not you.

It was me.

It is me.

But you don't need

to worry about it.

You just need to let it be.

I should never have

left you to cry.

What?

When you were a tiny baby,

it took forever to put

you to sleep...

and it was exhausting.

So I got one of those books,

because that's what everybody

else was doing...

And then, one night I just

left you there calling out

for I don't know...

I don't even know how

long it was, maybe an hour.

Mom...

No, wait, let me finish.

I did that because I thought it

was the right thing to do...

but my gut was telling me

that it was wrong.

And so y times

since then, I...

I have not been able to even

feel my own gut.

And I'm sorry, I'm sorry it

started there with you.

You know what, sometimes

when we are lost...

we listen to all

the wrong instructions.

I'm gonna be all right.

I really think

I'm gonna be okay.

I know.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Cora.

CORA:

Hi, it's me.

This is like the closest

I can come to praying.

So... so here it goes.

CORA:

A prayer for me.

I believe in you.

I believe in the good in you.

And I believe in what

you did for me.

Showing me that I could

make a difference.

And giving me a chance.

A second chance.

CORA:

And if you do believe in me,

like you said you did.

I'm, um... I'm going somewhere.

I found it, and...

I don't know,

maybe you'll meet me...

and maybe we could

just start again...

completely from scratch.

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