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Whose birthday is it? It's my mother's birthday, Grandma Jenny's.

How old would she be if she was dead alive?

Seventy -five.

Did she teach you how to make this cake?

Yes, and now I'm teaching you, although it'll be a few years before you can make

it by yourself.

But when we learn how to make this cake, we could teach Savannah.

That's right. And then when you get married and have children, you can teach

your children how to make Grandma Jenny's chocolate cake.

Who taught her how to make it?

I don't know. Probably her mother, my grandmother, and your great

Or maybe she just learned how all by herself.

Maybe.

I'm going out with Vincent.

Oh, oh, not tonight. Tonight is not a good night. We're having a family

Well, I don't know if I'll be home by then. We're going to a movie this

afternoon, and then we're hanging out.

No, it wasn't a question. What I'm saying is I want you to be home for

tonight. You and Vincent went out last night.

So?

So... So spending one night a week with Vincent is enough.

Well, you should have told me that before I told him I could go out.

Oh, should I have done that, or should you have asked if you could go out?

I didn't know I was supposed to ask. I mean, I can date. I'm dating. You always

need to ask.

Every time you want to go out. And if you had asked me, I would have told you

that tonight is not a good night to go out.

What's the big deal about tonight?

It's Grandma Jenny's birthday.

We're having a party to remember her.

And I want everyone to be here. And I think one date a week is enough for

now.

Or maybe even too much.

Hey. You want to get out with me and Savannah for a little while?

I want to go down to the promenade and just walk around, get out of the house.

You doing anything?

No, I could do that.

I guess, if Mom doesn't need us around to help out for the big dinner for

Grandma Jenny.

Oh, well, that's one reason I want to get out. I want to get some flowers.

Set the table up really special.

It's not like Grandma Jenny's going to know. Well, one, we don't know that she

won't. And I kind of like to think of her as...

smiling down on us from heaven, seeing Grandpa.

And two, what's with the attitude?

Even if you don't think Grandma Jenny will know anything about it, you know

will. And if she wants to do this for her mother, then she wants to do it,

Fine, I'll go grab my purse.

Ruthie, it's Vincent!

Oh, dear.

So are you ready? I'll come pick you up.

Sure.

Could you do me a favor?

Lucy wants to walk around the promenade with Savannah, and she needs my help.

So you could just meet me there by the bookstore around 4.

We could leave from there.

Sure.

But listen, I checked the movies, and it's the same thing that was playing

night. So do you want to go to the pool hall or something?

Maybe play some pool? You play pool, don't you?

Of course.

I'm not that good, but I play.

All right, then we'll play some pool and get a burger or something and talk.

Sounds great.

I'll see you there.

When I see their happy faces smiling back at me.

Seven heavens, I know there's no greater feeling than the love of family.

Where can you go when the world don't teach

you right?

The answer is home.

one place that you'll find seven seven

seven seven seven

seven seven

I'm Marie Wagner. I called earlier.

Yeah. Please, come in.

I'm trying to surprise my wife by making a collage of her mother. It would have

been her 75th birthday today.

Please, sit down.

I guess I should have mentioned this is really a happy occasion. We love Jenny.

We want to...

share our memories of her with our children as a way of honoring her. Are

okay?

No, you're not okay.

You came to see me because you were having a problem with your mother?

I feel badly asking for your help. My mother's never even been to the church.

This is the church in her neighborhood, but I just didn't know where else to

turn. It doesn't matter if you and your mother are church members.

The church is here.

I'm here for everyone.

How can I help?

I'm supposed to fly back to Texas tomorrow.

That's where I live. I keep taking time off from work to come here and take care

of my mother.

My mother's always been very independent, but over the last three

health has declined, and she's just so depressed. I can't get her out of her

pajamas. I can't get her out of her recliner.

The doctor just says it's old age.

She has high blood pressure and respiratory problems. She takes nine

medications, including her favorite antacid, which she refuses to give up,

whether she needs it or not.

I just, I can't keep flying back and forth to take care of her. I'm going to

lose my job. My boss is not very sympathetic.

I mean, children, he understands.

You know, he has children, but his mother's fine, so he doesn't get it.

He suggests that I...

Put her in a nursing home.

Oh, does he?

Maybe that's the best thing.

What does your mother say?

I haven't approached her yet.

That's kind of why I need your help.

She's out in the car.

Oh, why don't you bring her up? I'd love to meet her.

Okay, thank you.

Oh, she is so cute. Oh, Savannah, you are...

So cute.

What were Grandma Jenny's favorite flowers?

Hydrangeas, right?

Yeah, but, I mean, if you can't find them, we can use anything.

No, I'll find hydrangeas.

Anything else you want us to get?

Oh, Ruthie's coming with me.

Oh, I didn't know.

Good.

How did everything go with Vincent?

Things went fine.

All right, well, I'll see you later.

Oh, and you want us to take the boys with us? Get them out of your way for a

little while? Oh, no, thanks. They're not in my way.

Bye. King Kirk.

No, it's too soon.

When we move.

It's been months.

So?

I'm going to see my niece.

There's no room.

We're still at the Camden.

What about the apartment?

What about the apartment?

Martin's living in the garage apartment.

Not this weekend. This weekend he's at a baseball tournament.

How do you know?

You told me.

When? Last time I talked to you.

That wasn't an invitation for you to come out here.

I don't think you should see the baby before Mom sees the baby.

Why not?

Maybe she doesn't want to see her.

What?

Maybe Mom doesn't want anyone calling her grandma in front of Frank. You know,

her husband, our stepdad.

I know who Frank is, and he's not our stepdad. And Savannah can't talk yet.

She's not going to be calling anyone anything.

I met you and Lucy.

Maybe she doesn't want you two calling her grandma in front of Frank.

Because?

Because he's younger than she is.

Well, if that's the problem, then Mom should just leave Frank at home.

Or it could be that she's just not that happy about being a grandma. Yes, she

is. I talk to her all the time, and she's sent Savannah tons of stuff.

crazy. Look, all I know is I'm excited about being an uncle. I want to see the

baby.

I'll be there in an hour.

It's a four and a half hour flight.

Yeah, I know. I just got here. I'm jumping out of taxi.

Hi, Mom.

It's Kevin.

I want you to know that Ben's on his way out here.

I really wanted you to be the first one to see the baby.

But he didn't ask. He just showed up.

So anyway, I hope you can make it out here soon with Frank.

Okay. Tell him I said hi.

See ya.

I don't know why she thinks she has to come here all the time and take care of

me. It is nice, though, that she cares so much.

Oh, she cares too much.

Marie says that you and her dad, Put her through college.

She has her MBA, right? You must be very proud of her.

Oh, I am.

She's a smart girl. Got a good job.

Works for an oil company.

Hates it.

Still, good jobs are hard to get.

So are mothers.

So, who does take care of you when she's not here?

I do.

How do you get to the doctor?

A driver and a nurse.

And groceries?

They deliver.

I order on my computer. Marie taught me how.

Oh, terrific.

But then when the groceries get there, I guess you have to cook.

Not really.

Restaurants deliver, you know.

Do you have someone to help with the cleaning, laundry, those kinds of

Housekeeper. She comes around in the mornings, you know, just to make sure

still breathing.

And to make up the bed.

It sounds like Marie is making sure you have everything you need.

Oh, she's sure doing that.

Lots of people in my life I've never met doing stuff I could do for myself.

And Marie pays for it all.

The driver, the nurse, the groceries, the restaurants, the housekeeper.

I'm surrounded by help.

But you'd rather have Marie helping you herself?

Well, no.

I'd like her to visit once in a while and help when she's asked.

Wait a minute.

She said we were just going for a ride.

This isn't the first stop on the way to the nursing home, is it?

They don't have hydrangeas. Maybe we should go someplace else.

Why don't we just get some other kind of flower?

Because hydrangeas were Grandma Jenny's favorite.

You have to be somewhere?

Not really. It's just taking forever.

And I want to go to the bookstore.

I want to get this book for school.

I've got a book of four coming out.

Then we'll go to the bookstore, and then we'll go to another fourth.

What, are we going to just drive around all day looking for hydrangeas?

Why don't you call around while I go in the bookstore, and then if you find

anything, we can go somewhere else.

I'll meet you back here.

All right.

But don't be long, okay? We don't have that much time, and I don't want to keep

Savannah out much longer.

I'll be right back.

I don't hate my job. I hate my boss.

And if I quit my job to move here to take care of her myself, I'm just going

have to get another job. Maybe with a boss I hate even more.

Look, Mary.

It's very admirable the way you've been helping your mom, but I get the distinct

impression that she doesn't need or want the help at this point. She needs the

help. She's in her 70s. How is she going to get to the doctor and eat and take

care of the house if I don't provide that for her?

I should provide that for her. Don't get me wrong. I think she's very lucky that

you've been able to provide everything that you've been doing for her, and

you're very lucky that you can do it.

But your mother's still plenty capable.

Her eyesight is too bad to drive.

We have a service here at the church where people drive other people to the

doctor. They stay with them. They bring them home, pick up their prescription.

We could do that for your mother.

I could get her connected with the older group at the church. They look out

after each other, and then we all look out after them. No, you don't have to. I

am her family, her only family, and it's my job to take care of her.

It's my job to get her in a place where someone is with her 24 hours a day so

nothing happens to her.

Maybe there's a nice nursing home near me.

Where's your book?

They didn't have it.

I guess every freshman in Gladock was looking for the paperback Romeo and

Juliet.

But I ran into Vincent, and he thinks that the bookstore at the mall might

it. So we thought we'd just drive over there, and then he'd drop me off at the

house.

Then we'll just call Mom and find out if it's okay.

I'm sure it's okay.

I mean, what's she going to say? That she doesn't want me to do my homework?

What? I just don't like leaving the house with you and then not coming home

you. The baby's in the pram.

I'm right here.

And I'm all grown up. I can make my own decisions. I take full responsibility

for not calling Mom. Do you? Because if Mom gets upset about you going off with

Vincent instead of sticking around with me, she's probably going to take away

your dating privileges.

So? You know what?

You go right along with Vincent and go off to the mall and buy your book for

school, and if Mom gets upset about it, then tell you what. I will let you take

full responsibility for your actions and suffer the consequences as long as you

don't complain to me about it.

Right. You sure you want to risk not being able to date when you can

just call Mom and tell her what's going on?

I'm sure.

Okay.

Mother, I don't think you should be living alone anymore.

Well, I don't think you should live alone either.

Why don't you get a roommate?

Or better yet, why don't you get married?

Oh, I know. It's because you're not involved with anyone and you're what,

You'll probably be living alone when you're my age because you don't have

for anyone else but me.

And then who's going to take care of you? I can take care of myself.

You're not going to have the money to take care of yourself after spending it

all taking care of me.

I've told you over and over, I can sell the house and move into something

smaller if you're so afraid of me living there alone. Wait a minute, smaller?

You mean like a nursing home? I'm hardly ready to live in a nursing home.

No, I said something smaller.

A condo.

Somewhere near a bus stop or where I can walk to a grocery store. A bus? I don't

want you riding a bus.

Well, we have been. Mother, eventually your health is going to get worse. And

when it does, I'll make the decision where I go next.

At this point in time, you can't make my decisions for me.

And I can't make your decisions for you.

If I did, I'd tell you to quit your job.

which you hate.

Oh, don't tell me you don't hate your job, because you do, because your job is

working for that jerk.

You love the money, hate the job. I don't want to quit my job. No, you want

get fired, which is why you take off every week to fly out here.

And if your boss would just let you go, then you can blame me for everything.

Well, if something happens to you and I'm not here, then you can blame me for

everything. No, that's good.

That's good. You're getting everything out of me.

Why don't we take a little break, and we'll reconvene tomorrow.

And maybe you could both come to church tomorrow. I could introduce your mom to

some of the people that... No, I don't need your help coming up with a

I need you to get her to go along with my solution. Get it?

Comfortable?

You know, if Martin ever moves out of this place, I'd be interested in moving

here. I don't think he's going anywhere.

He's at a baseball tournament. Maybe a scout will see him and draft him. I

they've already tried.

He's going to finish high school first. He's got at least another year here.

That's too bad. It's a nice apartment.

So what time's dinner?

Soon. Lucy's home and the baby's awake. You want to meet her?

Do you have any film?

Uh, no.

Can we get some film?

Do you have a camera?

You have a camera, right?

Yes, I have a camera, but I don't have any film.

Let's get some film.

All right, let me tell Lucy.

Are you coming with me?

No, that's what the film's for, to capture me seeing my niece for the first

time. Meet me in the driveway.

Why would you want to live here?

You know Lucy and I are moving.

I don't know when or where, but we're moving.

Yeah, sure.

We are.

I thought she came home with you.

No, she's with Vincent. They're buying a book for school.

I specifically told her that she couldn't see Vincent today. She was with

last night. I wanted her home tonight.

Well, I'm assuming that she'll be home tonight.

That really wasn't the point, or it was only part of the point.

I knew you were going to be upset. I told her to call you.

I'm lucky.

I am lucky.

So you're hungry?

Not yet.

Give me another chance to beat you. One more game?

That's it.

What? I'm hungry. Let's take a break, huh?

We can talk.

Okay, let's talk.

What do you want to talk about?

Nothing really.

Sorry I tried to get here sooner so I could help you out, but I ran into a

little problem.

What's wrong?

I told Ruthie that she couldn't go out with Vincent this afternoon because she

just went out with him last night. So she went to the promenade with Lucy and

supposedly just bumped into Vincent and went off with him instead of coming

home. What?

I am really angry.

And I am really disappointed.

Where is she? I'll go get her. No, no.

No, please don't. No, I'm just going to wait until she comes home, and then I'm

going to tell her that she is not allowed to date for a while. A long

I'm so sorry. This is really lousy timing.

Yes, it is.

This was supposed to be a special night, but now it's just... No, it's not.

I was going to say that it's ruined, but it's not.

I'm not going to let this celebration be ruined.

I'm going to let my mother's birthday remind me of all that she taught me,

and I'm going to do what I have to do.

Being a mom isn't about not upsetting Ruthie and letting her do whatever she

wants.

It's about teaching her the right thing to do. Now, I want her to like me, and I

want her to love me, but I think what's most important is that she respect me,

and this is just utterly disrespectful.

Maybe this would be a good time to give you this I made it myself

You made me something

Yeah,

and Mom is going to be very proud of you. And she's going to appreciate all

trouble you went through because this night means a lot to her.

I don't know. I don't think Ruthie's home yet.

I'm not really sure.

I hope she doesn't miss the party.

Yeah, me too. I hope she doesn't miss the party.

We're going to have Grandma Jenny's chocolate cake, and if she doesn't get

in time to eat, Mom won't let her have dessert.

Yeah, well, that's going to be the least of her problems.

All right, we got the film. Let's go.

What's the hurry? We got time.

Time for what? We're supposed to eat in ten minutes.

I don't know.

Talk. Talk about what? We can talk later.

Yeah, but later everybody else is going to be around.

Everyone like... Everyone like the rest of the family.

And what can't we talk about around the rest of the family?

I don't know.

Mary?

I wasn't expecting you to react like this.

How did you expect me to react?

I don't know. I didn't think you'd be so emotional.

Look, it's not like we've been together that long.

I know.

I'd be okay with it. Okay with it?

Don't do this.

You'll have other boyfriends.

I hope not.

Let me take you home, okay? Come on. No. No, I can't go home.

I'm not even supposed to be having dinner with you.

I'm missing a dinner for my grandma Jenny.

Never even heard you mention her.

Because she's dead.

Lucy, I really appreciate the flowers and all the trouble you went to to get

them. I'm not sure if you noticed, but Savannah's wearing the baby sweater

that... That my mother made for you. Oh, Luz, I forgot I had given it to you.

Oh, and the locket.

What did she give us?

Well, she gave you and all of us Mom.

I know, I know. I'll get right down there. I know everyone in the emergency

room. I'll make sure you're taken care of.

Yes, you told me so. Yeah, you're right.

Something did happen, but... Is that the woman from this afternoon?

Her mother was just admitted to the emergency room. Maybe a heart attack,

angina, but maybe nothing.

Hi, it's Annie.

I know how important your mom is to you.

I'll make sure Eric gets there right away.

Hang in there, okay? It's going to be fine.

Bye.

Go.

I'll save some cake for you.

I'll be right back.

If you're not right back, even if you're gone for a long time, I'll be right

here for you when you get home.

Okay? It's fine. I love you.

It's the right thing to do.

It's the only thing to do.

The guys will be back any minute, and then it's Uncle Ben and you and Kevin

Savannah and Sam and David, and that's nice.

And nice was all I was really ever looking for.

Don't even think about it. Don't even talk to me about it. Don't get so

I was just asking.

She left her husband.

Get away from me. I hate you. You're the worst boyfriend anyone's ever had. What

the heck is going on here?

Can we go home, please?

If you've done anything to hurt Ruthie... Just go away!

Go away!

Can't she eat anything but you?

No, not yet. Soon.

Hi. Hi.

What are you doing?

Where's Mom?

Upstairs. What's wrong?

How angry is she with Ruthie?

Pretty angry.

What's going on?

Hey, can you guys go upstairs and get Savannah a toy?

We found Ruthie at the promenade.

You didn't arrest her or anything, did you?

No. That guy Vincent broke up with her. She's really upset.

She can't stop crying.

Where is she?

She's sitting in the car with Ben. She doesn't want to come in.

I'll go talk to her.

One of you are out to stay with Savannah?

Oh, right.

I think I've already told you this many times, but you're never dating.

Never. When you get old enough to get married, your mother and I will pick out

nice boy for you.

Come on.

That guy wasn't good enough for you.

You never even met him. I saw him.

He's good looking.

He's popular.

He's smart.

He's nice.

Yeah, well, you're good looking and nice and popular and smart.

No, I'm not.

I'm not nice. Just ask Mom.

I'm not that smart.

I'm not popular.

I'm not good looking. Why would you say that?

Because Vincent broke up with me.

You can go now. I got it.

But don't go see the baby.

I want to see you when you see her for the first time.

Got it.

Really, Ruthie, you are good looking and smart.

And popular and nice and all of that and more. And this guy's an idiot to break

up with you. And sooner or later, he's going to regret it.

Just like I regret breaking up with certain girls.

Sister Mary, for example.

Mary?

I don't want to see you any more than I want to see Mom.

Well... Considering you're going to be seeing both me and Mom for the rest of

our lives, I thought you might want to start with me.

I feel really badly for you. I remember when Jimmy Moon broke up with me.

It really hurt.

So does hearing about it.

Please, don't talk to me.

All right.

We'll just sit here for a minute, and then I'll go in with you. And, of

you're going to have to face Mom on your own and then later Dad.

But you'll get through it.

It'll be fine.

I remember when Matt caught me trying to ditch my virginity with Big Lips, and

then he ratted me out to them.

Oh, what a night that was.

I'm already in pain.

Please, no Jimmy Moon, no Big Lips, no comparisons of your life and mine.

All right, if that's what you want.

That's what I want.

Then I'll wait until you're grown up.

And married to a wonderful man who you'll spend the rest of your life with.

then we'll talk.

That's never going to happen.

Oh, sure it is.

It is.

Well, if Mom doesn't lock you up in the attic first.

She won't have to.

After I talk to Mom and Dad, I'm going upstairs to my bedroom.

And I'm never coming out.

I can't believe I did this.

I can't believe I chose some guy over my mother.

my grandmother, my whole family.

We love you anyway.

Come on.

You ready to go in?

I can't.

It's wartime.

An ulcer. I can't believe it. She's got an ulcer.

The doctor says she'll be okay.

Yeah, she'll be okay, and then something else will happen, and something else,

and something else.

I'm quitting my job and moving here.

I don't get the feeling that she wants you to...

quit your job to move here.

I think she wants you to quit your job because she thinks that you're working

just to take care of her and she feels she can take care of herself.

But she can't.

We're going to keep her overnight, but she'll be fine.

You can go in now.

Okay, thank you.

I know you have a family dinner to get back to, but if you could just stick

around while I talk to her. Of course.

Thanks.

I'm sorry. Selling the house and buying a condo.

I made up my mind.

And if I need any help, I'll have the money to pay for it.

But I could do with a whole lot less help. You don't have to sell the house

move into a condo.

But I will get rid of all of the help. I've made a decision. I'm going to quit

my job and I'm going to move here and move in with you.

Congratulations on leaving your job.

But we would hate living together.

That doesn't matter. If it's what we have to do, it's what we have to do.

Honey, life is too short.

Mine and yours.

But you'll live longer if I move here and take care of you.

Well, that is so pathetic after all I've taught you.

I taught you the hardest thing a parent can teach a child.

I taught you how to take care of yourself.

And it's very nice that you can take care of me, too.

But my mother taught me how to take care of myself.

And I'm going to take care of myself until I can't take care of myself

Oh, Marie, there's a whole big world out there. Go and explore.

Take the best job you can find in whatever city you want to live in.

And then travel, see the world, start a family.

With who?

Whom?

Don't meet the right guy, but meet the right child.

Do what your father and I did.

You never mentioned... Why should I?

She's my mother.

You gave me a home.

I can't just live my life and forget that.

Well, you're not going to forget that.

I love you.

And you love me, and we'd do anything for each other. I think we've more than

proved that.

But you're hanging over me like you expect me to drop dead at any moment.

And it's stressing me out so badly I almost did.

And you know what?

When I do die, I want you to remember me fondly. I don't want you to feel like,

whew, I'm glad that's over.

It seems like there are two types of children. Those who don't take care of

their parents when they get old and those who do.

congratulations on being part of that wonderful second group.

Seems like it's getting smaller all the time.

But you came to me for advice, Marie, and I hope you're going to take my

Do what your mother tells you.

Always.

And know that I'm here for you. And our church is here for you. And when your

mom does need help, help will be here.

My turn.

Everyone's eating except Ben. Will you go get him? Because I know he's

I heard about Vincent.

His parents don't think it's a good idea for him to just date one person.

And he agrees.

Oh, so he didn't break up with you. He just wants to see other people.

He wants to see other people.

And he doesn't think that our relationship is going anywhere.

Oh, so you broke up.

He broke up with me.

I really like him, Mom.

How can you be so nice to me when I was so bad?

It's easy.

I love you.

You're still going to have consequences for what you did.

What are my consequences?

Well, no dating for a month, and then after that, one date at a time.

What if no one asks me out for a month?

All right, a month sounds fine.

School, then home.

If you want to do anything else, ask one privilege at a time.

Understand. And phone calls are limited to 15 minutes.

So when Vincent calls, and he will, 15 minutes.

Why do you think he'll call?

Well, I've noticed something about teenage boys from watching your sisters

up. They all come back. Sooner or later, they all come back.

Did you learn how to be a mother from your mother?

Yes.

I was playing pool with Vincent.

I was having a good time, you know, before he broke up with me.

But the feeling of guilt because I wasn't honoring your wishes and Grandma

Jenny's life just kept creeping up on me.

And then he told me what he had to say, and I just completely lost it.

I mean, the pain of being rejected.

And the pain of doing something so bad to you is just more than I can take.

I'm here for you, Ruthie, to share your joy and your pain.

You'll get through this.

You'll get through this.

Okay, Uncle Ben, now you can hold her. Oh, no, no, no. I might drop her. He's

right. I'll hold her. You get a picture of the two of us.

No, Ben can hold her. He'll be fine.

It's not Ben I'm worried about. It's Savannah.

Okay, ready? Put one hand under her head.

Okay, and one hand under her there.

Oh, I got it. I got it. I'm doing it.

All right, hand her back.

Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

Hello? Hello, Lucy.

It's Kevin's mom.

Oh, hi. I'm so happy you called. We're taking pictures of Ben holding Savannah.

Oh, I wish I was there.

Well, you and Frank should have come out with Ben. We want you to see Savannah.

And Frank and I do want to see her. I just thought with Ben chasing down Mary,

this probably wasn't the best time.

It's not as though you invited us out. Not officially, anyway.

But you know I want you here.

Well, honey, you're my son.

You might want me there, but Lucy might not be ready for in -laws.

I'm waiting for you and Lucy to have time to bond with Savannah.

And for Ben to get over Mary?

I don't think Ben is ever going to get over Mary.

You know, you shouldn't have told him that she left her husband.

I didn't.

Well, then Lucy must have.

I don't think so.

Terrible situation.

She called and told us that she was going to leave Carlos and Charlie and

some time off.

And then no one's heard anything.

This is not the time for you to show up under the pretense of trying to see

Savannah just so you can get information on Mary.

So she didn't call any of you guys after she took the transfer?

What?

She called you?

It was a short call.

So she left them?

Apparently.

But she didn't seem all that happy about it.

So she called you?

Just the once.

If she breaks up with Carlos, then she'll end up with someone.

Maybe I could be that someone.

Are you out of your mind? It is way too early to be thinking those kind of

thoughts. I just figured with Mary, it's never too early. We don't want her to

leave Carlos.

She's his wife. They have a child together. We want them all to stay

Yeah, but that doesn't mean that they will.

Well, it doesn't mean that she'll ever see you again.

It doesn't mean that she wouldn't. We really need to find you someone.

I tried, but I... But try again.

And forget about Mary.

I can't forget about Mary. And she did call me. So obviously she's confused.

Maybe she'll stay confused.

I'll admit that she's been confused for a long time now, but I find it hard to

believe that growing up with my mother, she could ever be that confused about

being a wife and a mother.

Maybe she wouldn't pay attention.

It's not that I don't like Frank. I don't know Frank.

You don't want to know Frank.

You don't like it that I got married.

It's your life.

Yes, it is.

But you're still my son and I'm still your mother.

You've practically cut me out of your life. You hardly ever call and only when

Frank's not here.

If you want me to be part of your life, you have to be part of mine.

And I want to be part of your life, Kevin.

I'm really proud of you.

I'm dying to see the baby.

Frank, too.

He loves calling me Grandma, you know.

But I won't feel like Grandma until I see Savannah.

Annie and Ruthie are in the car because Vincent broke up with Ruthie.

Ruthie's heart broke in.

And I think Mom's still reading her the riot act about dinner.

Probably.

Dinner? The boys are eating.

Then bring Frank out and see the baby.

All right, I will.

But only if it's okay with Lucy.

You know, when I had you, my mother -in -law came out and spent weeks with us.

I loved her. She was helpful.

But sometimes moms don't want the help or the company with a new baby.

I think we have the opposite problem.

Hi, it's me. So when are you and Frank coming out?

No, I don't care.

Oh, you don't want to wait until we get a house? I mean, she might be in school

by then.

No, she won't.

I guess if you guys ate, then Dad can eat, huh?

Mom told us to eat.

Did she tell you you can eat?

No. If it was getting cold, I think it would be okay.

Oh, go ahead, eat, everybody.

Vincent broke up with

me.

Oh.

You sad?

Yeah, but I stole my mom.

Always.

Hey, I think it's your mom's baked chicken.

Yes, it is.

And her green bean casserole and her sweet potato souffle.

To Grandma Jenny.

And to mom.

And to Lucy.

To mothers and daughters.

Even Mary.

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