October Baby Page #8

Call us.

All right?

Let us know

who your roommate is.

- Try not to pick anybody too weird.

- I'll be fine, Dad.

I promise. [ Laughing ] Okay.

I've gotta go.

Bye, Dad.

Hey.

Mmm.

Bye, sweetie.

Mr. Lawson.

,r Give ofi' the aroma,

,/ Of /0 ve m/bred with pain,/~

,/~ And hope raised again ,/'

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,/' Can we move on,

,/~ From the /ave ,/

, We've /eff beh/na'?,r

J./' [Fades]

Thank you.

For what?

For wanting me.

,/~ From the /0 ve

we '// never find?,/

[ Gasps ]

Gotta go.

You gotta go.

I love you, baby.

, The world /is broken ,/'

,/~ Into many pieces ,/

,/' But' the brokenness ,/'

,/' ls beautiful ,/

,/' ls beautiful ,/

,/~ My heart is broken ,/~

,/' By beauty's mysteries ,/'

,/' But' the brokenness ,/'

,/' ls beautiful ,/

, /s beautiful J,/'

Um, well, initially,

Jon called me.

He said, We think that you would

play the birth mother in this film.

Jon e-mailed me the script,

and of course I was so excited,

I think I sat down

that very night.

I got to the point

of the birth mother,

and, um, I was-

I was so overwhelmed

I started crying over it because...

the story actually had been

truly written for me.

And Jon and Andy didn't even

know my backstory at all.

And she read it...

and literally called me back, just

weeping about the script and said,

How did you know?

And we said,

What are you talking about?

And she said, um, Twenty years

ago I was working in a law firm"-

Which is very similar

to the story.

She said she was in a relationship,

she found out she was pregnant...

and she decided

to have an abortion.

[ Rigbvl It was easier

to get rid of the child,

to not be questioned again,

rather than

to have a child...

and be looked upon at that time

like another failure.

Um-

[ Chuckles ]

And...

so many times,

uh, I think especially

as young women,

we carry that, um-

that burden that we're gonna

look like a failure,

that-

that it's shameful.

And, um, you know, you can hide

a secret for a long time...

of abortion...

unless you

verbally speak about it.

Nobody knows.

Nobody knows except my husband, my

therapist and some people like that.

And we were blown away

by that.

And she said, I feel like this is God telling

me it's time for me to share my story."

I just remember hearing Jon on the

other line going, Wow. Like, wow.

From the post-abortive mother, it was very

important to be very sensitive to that...

and for this to be

a healing movie for them.

And so having Shari's voice and having

her play the role was just phenomenal...

to make sure that that came across

very authentic and very sensitive.

[Jon Erwin ] Uh, I think- I

think as we went forward,

uh, and filmed her scene,

she wasn't acting.

I mean, it was as real

as you could get.

It was one of the more

moving things I've ever seen.

[ Rigby ] We went into it, and I

remember the cameras rolling and-

I just- Right as I walked into

the room, I just knew that-

I just knew

that the Lord was with me...

and that it was just...

complete healing.

And the moment that I slide down

that door and that I'm crying...

and I'm feeling that-

That wasn't acting.

That was my moment

with God,

and him with me,

to say, It's okay, it's over,

and you've been forgiven.

[Man]

, We have it all,

J,/' [ Voca//'2/ng ]

, Life is beautiful ,r

J,/' [ Voca//'2/ng ]

, Life is beautiful ,r

J,/' [ Voca//'2/ng ]

,/~ L/v//7' and dy//7')

,/ Laughi/7' and c/y/n',/~

,/~ We have the who/e war/d,/

,/' Or have noth//1',/~

,/~ / know there are

hard I/mes ,/'

,/~ But' we make /I;

,/~ With eve/y sunrise ,/'

,/' Comes a new life ,/

,/~ These are the things;

,/' That make us feel //ke,/~

, We have it all,

,/~ These are the times;

,/~ That make us realize,

, We have it all,

J,/' [ Voca//'2/ng ]

, Life is beautiful ,r

J,/' [ Voca//'2/ng ]

, Life is beautiful ,r

J,/' [ Voca//'2/ng ]

, Life is beautiful ,r

J,/' [ Voca//'2/ng ]

,/' A fathe/s love ,/

,/~ A wedding dance ,/'

,/~ New year's dreams,

,/' A toast with I7/ends,

,/~ A soldier

com/n ' home from war,/

, A faith, a hope

for so much more ,/

,/' A brand-new life ,/

,/' A mother's prayer;

,/' Shooting stars,

,/' Ocean air ,/~

,/~ A /0 ver's kiss ,/'

,/~ And hard good-byes ,/'

,/' Fireworks ,/

,/' And Christmas //jghts ,/'

,/~ These are the things;

,/' That make us feel ,/~

,/~ Alive J

,/~ These are the times;

,/~ That make us realize,

, Life is beautiful ,r

J,/' [ Voca//'2/ng ]

, Life is beautiful ,r

J,/' [ Voca//'2/ng ]

, Life is beautiful ,r

,/',/' [ Voca//z/ng ]

,r These are the days;

,/' That make us feel ,/~

,/~ A//ve ,/~

, Life is beautiful ,r

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