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[ music ]

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[ music ]

Echoing Female Voice: Alice.

Alice?

Look at this mess.
Oh, look at my kitchen.

Sweetheart, what are you doing?

Oh, you're always making messes.

Let me see your hands.

Okay, go wash up.
Stay in your room.

You make a mess out of
everything you touch.

[ music fades ]

- Charlie, say something.

- I thought we were safe.

You know, you-you,
you had protection.

When did this happen?
How far along are you?

- Twelve weeks?

I don't know.
Twelve or thirteen.

- [ moans ]

- Which means I'm having
this baby in December.

[ laughs ]

Gonna go into my Spring Semester
with a--a baby...

Charlie, I'm 20.
I don't know how to be a mom.

- Do you even want to think
about...options?

- I mean, I--I know
I don't want to mess up

some poor kid's life.

- You're not gonna mess
anything up.

All right?
That's your mom talking.

- But we already
screwed up the plan.

This wasn't supposed
to happen first.

We're supposed to get married
first.
We're supposed to--

to have a few years together,
you know.

My gosh, my mom's gonna kill me.

Babe, when I tell her, she's
never gonna speak to me again.

Do you want to keep this baby?

- Only if it's a boy.
- What?

Babe?
- Listen--I'm kidding.

Come here.
Give me your hands.

Listen.

[ exhales ]
Okay.

[ music ]
Look at me. Look at me.

Hey, hey. Okay.

This is not the worst thing that
could happen, you know?

I'm--I'm--I'm--I'm half way
through my 20's.

I think I'm ready.

Yeah. Yeah.

I do. And I think
you're ready too.

We can do this.
- [ laughing, crying ]

- We got this.

- Kay.
- Okay?

- [ sighs, sniffs ]

- Cool.

- When I tell my mom
that I'm having a baby

and we're not married, she's...

My parents are not gonna be
happy with me.

- Okay.

Wha--let's do that, then.

- I--I wasn't--

- No, I--
- I promise, I wasn't trying

to talk you into anything.
- I know, but I'm serious.

Let's get married.
Right now.

Justice of the Peace.

- [ laughs ]

- Come on.

- What about a wedding?

My poor mother has been
planning the thing

since before I was born.

- I'm--babe, I know.
And--

Well, truthfully, I feel like
we're kinda past that now right?

I mean, we--you--
we're having a baby.

- [ laughs ]

- And we gotta do it right.

- No, I know.
You're right. You're right.

- So...

- But you haven't even
proposed yet.

[ sighs ]

We can't just go to
the court house.

There's a lot of girls--
- Will you marry me?

- Charlie.
I love you.

- I love you.
- We don't have to rush into--

- I'm not--um...

I got things a little
out of order.

I realize that, but...

[ music ]

I'll be right back.

- Babe. Babe.

- How are you?
- Fine.

- Fantastic...
[ indistinct chatter ]

[ music ]

Can I have that?
Excellent service. Thank you.

Yep. Okay.

- What are you doing?
- Give me your hands.

- Babe.
- Give me your hands.

- I'll live only for
your happiness...

for your love,
I would give my last breath.

Alice [whispering]: Not here.

- As long as I live.

I will love you.

I promise you this.

There is nothing I wouldn't give
from this moment on.

Ali, will you marry me?

- I hope you know what
you're getting yourself into.

- Are you saying yes?

Yes, yes, I'll marry you.
- Yeah? Ah. Okay. All right.

- Oh, baby, you don't
have to put that on..

- This is gonna be great.

- [ laughs ]

- I mean, you're insane.
I'm marrying a crazy person.

- Don't get too attached to
that. Gonna replace that soon.

I really do love you..

- I really do love you too.

[ music ]

[ music stops ]

Did--did you just propose
with Shania Twain lyrics?

- Yes. Yes I did.
But you can't take it back n.

It's too late.
She said "yes," everybody!

[ clapping ]

[ crying ]

Alice: Is he healthy?

- Mm-hm. Sure is.
Sorry about the scare.

You have a
nice-sized little boy.

[ laughs ]

And you're due?

- Oh, the doctor says
eight weeks but...

I think he'll come early.

- Every first-time momma thinks
they're gonna deliver early.

You're like, there's no way
I can get any bigger

than I already am, but they do.

- Really?
- Uh-huh.

- This scare just made me
realize how much

I really do want him here.

- Yeah, there's nothing like
the first time you see that
baby.

- Oh, you have kids?

- Uh-huh.
- How many?

- I have two.
I just gave birth to my second.

A few months ago.

- I do want him to be
here but then...

at the same time, I don't know
what to do when is here, you
know?

And more than anything,
I just don't want to--

- Honey. you don't have
to be afraid of a child.

You're going to a great mom.

You're gonna mess up, yes.

All you gotta do is love 'em.

And put the fear of God
in 'em as they grow.

- I don't know.

I don't know what is about
motherhood that just has me

so...I don't know.

Second-guessing myself,
I just... I mean, I know I need

to get diapers and we need
to finish safe-proofing

the house cause we're not done
with that yet, but...

- I say you need Jesus
more than all that stuff.

Do you go to church?

- I--I did when I was younger
but, you know,

it's been a while.

- Tell you what.

Tell your husband that you're
new friend Teresa

invited you to church.

Give me a call and tell
me what he says.

- Yeah. Um, okay.
- All right.

Whispering: Teresa.

- Why don't you finish getting
cleaned up and take your time

and you better not
forget to call me.

- Bye.
- Bye.

[ music ]

Mother: You have to read it.
You have--

- I'm not gonna read it
and you can't make me!

- Christopher!
I'm going to count to three.

And if you don't quit
your whining

I'm gonna leave you here
at the library.

Christopher: Stop
pulling my arm!

Mother: That's one.

- No it's not.
- Yes it is.

Woman: Did you get the books?

Your first?
- Yeah.

- Exciting.

- You make it look so easy.

[ laughs ]
- Yeah, well, it isn't. James?

Grab your sister's hand,
stop by the front door please.

But it's worth it.

God gives us grace and strength,

and each child is a blessing.

You enjoy yours.
- Thank you. I will.

- All right, kids.
Inside voices.

[ music ]

- So, I feel like you got enough
diapers for THREE babies.

Is there something you're
not telling me right now?

- No.
- No? Okay.

- We just have to be prepared.

This is a living human being
we're having here.

- Yeah. It's a--it's a baby.

You know, we're not the first
people to be parents.

The thing eats and sleeps
and then pees and poops

in the first year
and that's about it, right?

We got this thing outnumbered.
It's like basketball. Right?

There's two of us, we're big
people, two grown-ups

against one little bitty baby.

We got this.

- Does it not scare you
at all to be a parent?

- Nope. Not really.

Okay, maybe a little bit.

But I figure it will
just come naturally. You know?

We'll roll with it.

[ sighs ]
- I just don't wanna turn out
like my mom.

What if I screw up my kid?

- You are not your mom.

You never will be, and besides,
I like how you turned out.

- [ laughs ]
Yeah, 20 and pregnant?

Not sure how many people
would agree with you on how I
turned out.

Besides, doesn't everybody say
they're not going to do

what their parents did and then
they turn out just like them?

- Ali, moms have been raising
babies for centuries

and you have all these books
you've checked out,

all the magazines that
you've bought

and the horrible talk shows
you've been watching.

- Hey.
- We'll figure it out.

Okay? And listen, worst case,
if we got questions

we find somebody who
has the answers.

- Yeah, a nurse who was doing
the ultrasound today,

she's a mom of two
and she was--she was awesome.

She gave me her number.

- See? Great. Call her.
Take her to coffee,

pick her brain.

- She invited us to, uh,
go to church.

- Hunh.

- I mean, some churches have
mommy groups that

women can go to, or like
a Mommy's Day Out program

It--it might--it might be
a really good way to--

to get some help.

- Does it start early on
Sundays, cause you know

I like to sleep in.

- That's not all you like to do
on Sunday mornings.

[ laughs ]
- Hey, look, I'm not the onl-

- Anyways, your days of sleeping
in are coming

to an abrupt halt, mister.

I can't do this alone.

I really think it might
be a good idea

if we start going.

[ music ]

- Okay.
- Thank you, sweetheart.

- I do have to finish this crib,
otherwise this kid's

not gonna have a place to sleep.

- It looks like you're pretty
much done to me.

- Yeah, does it?
- Mm-hm.

[ music ]
Alice: Hey, I need you
to install the car seat...

[ music ]

- [ grunting ]
- You all right?

All right, take some breaths
and let's push it out.

- Push, push...
Male Doctor: Push hard!
Push hard!

You got it! That's it.

[ baby crying ]

[ soft breathing ]

- Ronnie.

[ music ]

Charlie: He's beautiful.

[ music fades ]

[ music ]

- Hey, Christie, I'm here
to pick up Kate, uh, Morris.

- Um, I'm afraid--Katie
was a little out of hand

this morning.
[ kids crying ]

She hit two of the other
children with wooden blocks.

[ crying ]

- I'm so sorry.

- We tried to get her to calm
down but she doesn't seem

to understand that you cannot
throw wooden blocks

at other people, including me.

So I thought you might
want to address that.

- Of course. Yeah.

- You know our policy
is if kids keep hitting

then we have to have a parent
stay with them

during the service or else
the child has to sit

with mom and dad in, um,
the big church

until their next birthday.

- I completely understand.

Um, I'll talk with my husband
and--it won't happen again.

- Thank you.

[ music ]
[ child crying ]

Boy: Mommy, mommy, I want to be
an assassin when I grow up.

And then, I'm not gonna have
a name so the police can't fid
me,

and then I'm gonna hack
into the computer

and I'm gonna steal
all the government's secret
plans,

and then I'm gonna blow up
a Death Star,

and then [ child crying ]
destroy all the monsters in e
ocean.

Hey, mommy, what do you want
for your birthday?

- For you to not be
a complete screw-up

for one day, Ronnie!

[ child crying ]

[ somber music ]

[ door slams ]

- Ali, you okay?
[ crying ]

Alice: I just need a minute.

- Okay, hey, buddy.
How you doing?

Kate's got poop on her back.

Alice: Yeah, well when is she
not covered in poop?

- Daddy.
Alice: Can you please just
change her

so I can have five
minutes alone.

Katie: Momma!
- Okay.

Let's give mommy a second.

Let me go change her
real quick, okay?

Then I'll come check--
oh, that's, that's awful.

Katie: Momma!

[ music ]
[ Charlie groaning ]

Wipes... where...

[ Katie whimpering ]

Oh, Kate.

Stop. Stop moving.
You've done enough.

- Hey. I'll do it.
I'll do it.

- I got this.

- I don't want you changing
when you're upset.

- Yeah, well you locked yourself
in the bathroom

and said you needed help
so I'm helping.

- I just needed a minute.
I can do my job, thank you.

[ crying ]

Hey.

Hey, Teresa and Kenneth
are gonna be here at 6:30.

How long do burgers take?

- [softly] Perfect
night for company

[louder] Like 30 minutes,
I'll get into it.

Hey, one more thing.

Can you come back here
for a minute?

- Sure.

Tonight we need to
talk about Kate.

She was--I guess hitting other
kids in church yesterday

and they said that they might
actually have to kick her out of
nursery.

- Kick her out of nursery?
That's crazy. She's two.

That's what 2-year-olds do--
- Yeah well, let's just talk
about it tonight

after they have left.

Kate and Ronnie have been
running the house lately

and it is--it is wearing me out.

- I'm sure it's a phase.
She'll grow out of it.

Talk to Teresa about it.

- I don't think it's a phase.

The other kids are not
hitting each other.

We are her parents.
We're supposed to fix things
like this.

I don't want to talk to Teresa.
I want to talk to you about it.

I want to talk to my husband.

I want to hear your ideas.

I cannot do
everything by myself.

- Okay, we'll talk about it.

- Great. I'm so glad you're
interested in your kids' lives.

- Quiet out here.

- Yeah, I know--kinda nice,
isn't it?

- Heh, tell me about it.

With three under six, the sound
of nothing can be pretty sweet.

- I honestly don't know
how you guys do it.

Ronnie and Kate are almost
too much for Ali as it is.

- What about you?

- Oh, I'm fine with two.

- No, I'm talking
about the stress.

Does it get to you?

- I just tune it out.

I know, man, but hey, I work
and come home--I gotta unwind.

- You don't think Alice
is tired, too?

- I'm sure she is, but I don't
know, quick trips--I just--

I don't know, it takes
it outta me, man.

- Well look, man, I get it,
all right?

When it comes to raising kids,
the days are long

but the years are short.

- Not short enough,
if you ask me.

- You remember the challenge
that Pastor Mark gave us on
Sunday?

- Nah, I was outta town.
- You were outta town.

Well, look--he, uh, quoted
some guy that said,

"Children are the living
messages that we send forth

to a time that we will not see."

- Hm.

- You should get the tape.

He talks about giving a vision
for what God might have for your
kids.

Something more than hoping that
they grow up happy and healthy

and get a good job
and get married.

- Ooh--I think I burned these.

Yeah, I hear you, man.

- It got me to realize that...
our kids aren't the problem.

It's us, man.

Yeah, uh, you and me--
that's right.

- I'm the problem?

- Remember that verse that says,

"Without a vision,
the people will perish?"

- Can't say that I do.

- Well, it applies
to the family as well.

You can't run around
living life one day at a time.

You gotta know where you're
going, and then lead.

[ music ]

- All right.

- All right.

- Gimme that ball.

- Unh.

- Literally pulls up from
half-court and he makes it,

just actually, this is something
I do all the time.

It was ridiculous.

- I saw the replay of
that on the news.

- Did you?
- It was unbelievable.

It was, it was crazy.
- Excuse me--yes, son?

- I finished my food.
Can I get a popsicle?

- Ms. Alice, John David
has a question for you.

- Yes, John David?

- May I please get popsicles?

- Of course you can.

They're in the freezer,
on the bottom shelf.

[ Kate babbling ]

Your little man has become
quite the gentleman.

- I want a popsicle too.

- You can have one when all
of your food's gone, buddy.

- But I can't eat it,
it's too much food.

I want a popsicle
like John David.

- Son, your mother
gave you an answer.

You cannot have dessert
until you finish your food.

Sit down, finish your food.

Do you--mind if I try something?

- Go ahead.

- Now, Ronnie, you know,
your plate has to be empty

before you go get dessert,
right?

Right?

- It looks like your
plate's all empty, hon.

I guess that means
you get dessert.

- Can I get a popsicle now?

- Yes, you may.
Thank you for asking.

Kenneth: My dad did that
with me once.

I never forgot it.

"That's the picture of grace,"
he would say.

Getting what you don't deserve
because somebody else

did what you should
have done for you.

Charlie: You just wanted to eat
more hamburger, man.

Don't be--don't get all
spiritual on me over there.

[ laughs ]

- You just remember
that the next time

you're making these
hamburgers out there.

- We got more if you need it.
[ laughter ]

You don't have to eat my kid's
food all the time.

Bring him a popsicle.
[ laughter ]

Steal my kid's hamburger.

- Just five more minutes
and I'll help you with those
dishes.

- Oh, no, no, no, no.
You sit and rest.

- No, I can't have you doing
all that extra--

- Why do you wanna sit--
- Did you hear us talking?

- Excuse me, momma.

- You're excused.

- Ronnie wants to know can I--

- May I--
- May I play Frogger with him?

- What's that?

- Oh, it's just this little
video game with frogs trying to,
like, cross the road.

It's--it's totally harmless.

- Yes, you can play Froggy
with Ronnie.

[ laughs ]
- It's "Frogger," Mommy.

- Well, whatever it's called,
yes, you can play

for about 10 minutes,
and then we gotta go.

- Thank you.
My mom said I can play!

- [ laughter ]
Kids.

- Hey, I'm sorry
about Ronnie tonight.

- What for?

- His manners, or his lack
of manners, I should say.

- Well, how does he
normally act?

- I don't know, I guess--I guess
I just don't notice it,

you know, when it's
just him and Kate.

But I--I don't know why he just
seems to always decide

to act up whenever we have
company around.

- John David used to be
just the same.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm. It took us weeks
to get him to learn

basic table manners.

- Because there ain't no kid
gonna say things like

"please" and "thank you"
on their own.

[ laughs ]

- Yeah, well, you're gonna
have to, uh, lend me

whatever book you used
to train him.

- Oh, you already got it,
honey--and it's all in there.

In The Bible.

- Oh, well, I guess I missed
the chapter on manners.

- Well, how much time do you
spend reading Proverbs

or memorizing verses?

I mean; I have all my kids learn
Proverbs 23:13-14

as soon as they old
enough to talk.

"Do not withhold discipline
from your children."

"Whom the Lord loves,
he disciplines."

- Yeah, but I just--I don't know
that I can intentionally hurt

my child, though?

- Alice, listen--some
of the greatest lessons in life

come amidst pain.

If there's no sting, then what
you get is a spoiled child.

And I know you don't want that.

[video game gun fire]

- Hon, your son is watching you
play that game.

- Can you take him
in the other room with you?

- I have--I have to run
a bath for Kate.

Can you not just pause your game
and please deal with him?

- Hey, bro, why don't you go put
your pajamas on

and brush your teeth, and I'll--
I'll come pray with you in a
minute, okay?

- But why?

- Because it's time
to go to bed.

Got it--got him.

- But why can't I just watch
for a few more minutes?

- Buddy, this is
a grown-up game, okay?

I told you that before.

Now please, you gotta go to bed.

- Why?

- [ loudly ] Son, go to bed,
now, please.

[ crying ]

- Honey.
Charlie, I cannot believe you.

Come on.
[ video game gun fire ]

[ music ]

[ drops controller ]

- I'm sure that you both realize
that Ronnie's very bright.

We've been tracking his test
scores over the past four years,

and he's in the 97th percentile
in reading and language.

He's in the 99th
percentile in math,

he's in the 99th
percentile in science.

So even though Ronnie's
a freshman, we would like

to encourage you to have him
start taking the SAT now,

and once a year, every year.

I don't wanna create any false
expectations, but students

with these kinds
of early scores often go on

to become National
Merit Scholars.

I'd imagine he will have
his pick of college options,

and many of those options
will likely come with some very

generous scholarships attached.

You both should be very proud.

- Ninety-ninth percentile.

Did you have any idea
he was that smart?

- I knew he got good grades
and didn't have to work at it
very hard.

- Whew.
- What do you think?

Free college?
I--yeah, I'm into it.

- You know how he's been
skipping youth group,

saying that he needed to study?

This whole time I thought he was
making excuses

because it's boring
and the--the leaders tell him-

treat him like he's
in sixth grade.

But he's actually been studying.

Like, he's really smart.

- Yeah.
He's "free college" smart.

I'm not sure we'll get that
lucky with Kate--

or Josh or Faith.

- See you at home.
- Love you.

[ music ]

[ clattering ]

- What are you doing with my
mastazord set?

- Mom said I could use the Legos
to build a fort for Freckle.

- That doesn't mean you take
apart a mastazord

to build some stupid fort.

- It's not stupid,
and Mom said I could.

- She didn't say that.
Now give it back.

- Mom said I could play with it.

- She's not your
real mom anyway.

- Yes, she is.

- Nuh-uh--your real mom
couldn't handle you.

- That's not true!

- That's what mom told me
when we got you.

- She did not!
- Uh-huh.

- Here, take your stupid Legos.
They're stupid anyway!

Mom!

[ ring tone ]

[ clattering ]

- Hey. You on your way?

- No, I'm not.
I'm still at the office.

Hey, how was your day?

- How late?

How was your day is code
for "I'm going to be late,"

so just tell me how late.

- Okay. Well, I--I do have
another couple hours of work

to do on the Wilson project,
and then I--

I should be able to get free.

- Charlie, really?

- Listen, I know, but, uh, if I
work hard, I can get it done

by Friday and then no more
late nights for a while.

- Yeah, well,
I think this is, what,

the 10th project you've
said that on now.

- Hey, are you okay?

- No. No, not really.

- Josh and Faith had a big fight
today, and Josh

said some really horrible
things to her.

- Like what?

- Like that I'm not
her real mom.

She's not little anymore,
and I--and I don't know

how to talk to her about her mom
and why she ultimately gave her
up.

I need you to be home before
Josh goes to bed,

so you can talk with him.

He ignores me.
He needs to hear it from you.

And I--and I don't know what
to say to Faith either.

So maybe we can do
that together?

- Yeah, okay--love you.
[ typing ]

[ music ]

- Kids, dinner!

- Is Dad home yet?

- Um, that was--that was him
on the phone.

Um, he's--he's stuck
on a project, so he's not

gonna be back until late.

- He was supposed to take me
to the mall tonight.

- Yeah, well, I don't think
that's gonna happen,
sweetie, I'm sorry.

- Can I call Dad and see
if we can go?

- Yes, but, um, we need to eat
dinner first.

Please go get the others.
Tell them that it's time to eat.

Kate Yelling: Ronnie, Josh,
Faith--dinner!

- Laundry belongs in the bin,
not next to the bin.

[ sigh ]

I seem to make babies
faster than I can pick up their
laundry.

- How DO you make babies?

- What?
- What?

- We're not talking about this.
Go get your PJs on.

- But I need to go potty.

- Then go potty.

[ knocking ]

What you reading?

Something for a class?

- Nope, just for fun.

Hey, on Saturday, um, I was
planning on going to a concert

downtown with some friends.

- What show?

- Uh, it's a band
called Nihil Fit.

- Are they Christian?
- Kind of.

Their band name is Latin
for "Nothing Comes,"

and their music has some
spiritual themes.

- Okay. Who would you
be going with?

- I don't think you know
them--Justin Booth

and Franklin Hauser?

They're juniors, so they can
give me a ride to the show.

- I think that should be fine,
but let me just--

let me just talk with your dad
before I let you know, okay?

- Okay.

- Night.
- Goodnight.

[ music ]
[ phone ringing ]

- Hi, Daddy, it's Katiebug.

It's okay.

I know you have really important
things to do.

I know the fair is Saturday.
Do you think we could go?

Thanks, Daddy.

She's putting everyone to bed.

I love you too, Daddy.

- Okay, turn it off.
- Okay.

- Put it up.
- Okay.

- Now here you go.

So I wanna talk to you
about the things that you said

to your little sister today.

- I was just kidding with her.

- Honey, it's--it's not kidding
if you tell her

that I'm not her real mommy.

- Well, you're not.
That's what you told me.

- Well, I'm not her birth mom,
yes, but I am her real mommy.

God her planned for our family
before she was even born.

- Well, why didn't he put her
in your tummy?

God just has different plans
sometimes, that's all.

Look, sweetie, I know that
having a sister can be very,

very frustrating, but
Faith needs you

to be a good big brother.

- Well, me and her don't even
like the same things.

- Well, that's okay.

Maybe you can help her
with things, you know?

You could maybe teach her
cursive, because you're really
good at your letters.

Or you could show her games
on your iPad, or maybe show her

pictures and tell her stories
about our family.

- I can show her the place
in the garage Dad put

a hole in the wall
when we were moving in.

- [ laughs ] Yes--yeah, you
could--you could definitely

show her that.

You know what you need
to do first, though?

- What?

- You need to tell her that
you're very sorry and ask her

to forgive you
for the things you said.

Do you remember how to do that?

What do you say first?

- I say "sorry."

- You say, "I'm sorry for--"

- I'm sorry for what I said.

I was wrong.

Will you--
- Will you please forgive me?

And then what do you do?

- Then I give her a hug.

- [ laughs ]
Perfect.

We'll do that first thing
in the morning, okay?

- Okay.
- Night, little buddy.

- Good night, Mom.
- Sleep good.

Alice: Josh, your shoes
are by the door, hurry up!

Sweetie, we gotta leave
in five minutes.

I've got an appointment
at the office at 9:00.

Is your lunch almost packed?

- [ distracted ] Almost.

- Who are you texting
this early in the morning?

- It's a friend.
- And her name is?

- His name is Adam,
Lauren's older brother.

- Hey, Adam can wait five
minutes until your lunch

is packed and we are in the car.

- Hey, hey.
Morning, baby.

How you doing?

Did you sleep good?
Did you sleep good?

Did you sleep good?
[ laughter ]

Hey, sweetheart.

- Hi, Dad.
- Hey, baby, I gotta run.

Um, I know I said I'd pick up
the kids later,

but I'm--I'm probably gonna have
to work late.

- Babe--

I know. I'm finishing it,
though, so this'll be

the last time for a while.

- Yeah, well, you said
that last weekend.

- I mean it today.

- Okay. Well, just be
off tomorrow.

The girls are counting on you.

- Oh--I wouldn't miss the fair
with my girls.

You excited?
- Yeah!

- Faith is coming?

- Yeah--Dad and the girls
at the fair.

It's gonna be great.

What do you think, Faith?

You think we should get Kate
to ride the teacups with us?

- Yeah.

- You up for--
- You know what, you guys

can just go ride
the teacups together.

Um, I'm gonna just go with some
friends from school.

It's probably
a better idea anyway.

Mom, I'll be in the car.

- What's that about?

- Teacups?

- She loves teacups.

- Do you realize
that she is 12 now?

Faith, come on. Let's go.

Josh, we're in the car!

[ music ]

[ birds singing ]

[ ring tone ]

- Yeah, I had them checked
yesterday, they said they're
fine.

Yep, spare too.

Yeah, I know. We can Skype.

I'll be home in like 11 weeks.

Mm-hmm.
[ water pouring ]

All right, you too--see ya.

- Was that Dad?

- Mm--yep.

- You know, he tried to take
an later flight so he could be
here.

- No big deal--he was here
for the party last night.

- Yeah, well, I can't believe
that they wouldn't let him

miss a meeting so that he could
be here to see

his firstborn son
off to college.

- Mom, it's no big deal.

- Hey--you need help
with your stuff?

- Got it.

- You know, your dad and I
keep thinking that Dunwood ia
mistake.

You had your choice
of a dozen schools.

I--I don't see why you had
to pick the most extreme.

- Mom, look, I know this is hard
for you, letting go--

but you've done your job.
You raised me, okay?

I stayed out of trouble,
I got the grades,

I got the full scholarship,
tuition, room and board.

You did good, okay.

- Where do you want these?

- Um, passenger seat.

[ music ]

Hey, are you looking
through all my stuff?

- I was just looking
at your baby picture, and--

- It's just a book, okay?

I mean, you--you can't really
know what you believe

until you've read all the sides.

And he teaches at Dunwood?

- I'm not gonna do this
again with you, okay?

The decision is made.

Classes start on Thursday.

Would you let it go?

- Ronnie, what are you--
- Mom, let it go.

- Okay.

Do you have your registration
and everything

in your glove compartment?

- That belongs to Matt.
He put it there the other night.

He just asked me to keep it
for a few days.

- And you were just going
to drop it off by his house

on your way out
on Monday morning?

- Exactly, so--

- You are not leaving this
driveway with drugs in your car.

Do you have any more of this
stuff in here?

[ music ]

- Are you done?

- When your father finds
out about this--

Yeah, okay, whatever.
[ laughs ]

[ sighs ] Hey, you guys know
where to find me, all right?

Look me up sometime.

Reed Hall--room 517.

[ engine starts ]

Bye, Mom.
[ door alarm chime ]

Close the door.

[ music ]

- Ronnie--Ronnie!

[ music ]

Katie: I had fun, Mike.

- I did too, Katie.

- Uh, I should probably go
before my parents

suspect anything.

- Oh--just stay a
little while longer.

- I don't know, I just don't
wanna get caught.

- Your parents are
probably in bed.

- Uh, yeah.

- Come on.

- I just--I should probably go.

- You know he hasn't
lost his phone.

He just doesn't
wanna talk to us.

- It's been three days.

He'll cool off and call us back.

- Yeah, well, I think
he's an atheist,

and it's not just
about the book.

- He's a teenager, he's
confused.
[ distant shouting ]

I read all kinds of books
when I was his age.

- [ distant screaming ]
Help!

- You hear that?

- Hon, should I--
should I call the police?

[ suspenseful music ]
- No, I'll check it out.

- [ distant shouting ]
Mike, let go!

Let go!
You're hurting my arm!

Please--ugh!

Charlie: Hey!

[engine revving,
tires squealing]

Hey!

Kate!

[crying, gasping]

What happened?
You all right?

- I'm fine.

- You okay? Who was that?
- Yes, I'm fine.

- Who was that?
Did he hurt you?

Hey, look at me--are you okay?
- Yeah.

- Are you okay?
- Yes, I'm fine--Dad--

- No, you're not.
- Yes [ crying ]

Come here, come here.
[ panting ]

[ crying ]

[ footsteps ]

- Honey?
What's going on?

Katie?

Katie, what are you doing out?

- Sit down.
- What is going on?

- Sit down.
Answer your mother.

- Kate?
- I snuck out on a date.

- What else?
- Excuse me?

- What else happened?

She snuck out on a date
with a boy who pushed her out of
his car.

- He did what?

Who is this person? What--

- You don't know him.

- Oh, I'm gonna know him.

- That is not
what I asked, missy.

Who is he?

Katherine.

- His name--his name is Mike.
He's in college.

- College?
Child upstairs: Mommy, I need
water.

- Katie, he's in college?
[ coughing ]

Katie, I am not happy about
this.
- I need medicine.

- We're not through. Come on.
Where's your cup?
[ coughing ]

I had your medicine right by
your bed.
Did you not take it?

- This isn't the first time
you've done this, is it?

- No.

- Well, it's the last time.

You're grounded.

Your mom and I will talk
about for how long.

- Typical.

- What did you say?

- Look, Mike's a good guy.

This is the first time
anything has happened.

- Good guys don't push people
out of their car, Katie.

- Yeah, well, I can
take care of myself.

- Really? Like tonight?

- Yeah.
- Well done.

- Like tonight,
and like every other night

when you're at "work" and Mom's
at home taking care of Faith

and Josh by herself.
I'm fine.

I picked you up
off the sidewalk, Kate!

Does that sound "fine" to you?

- You know what,
this is going nowhere.

Sit down!
- Look, can you just leave me
alone!

- I'm not done talking to you!
- Just leave me alone! Ugh!

[ distant arguing ]

[ somber music ]
[ arguing, door slams ]

Charlie: How come I didn't know
about this boy?

- Because we've been
giving her space.

I feel like all I've heard
for the past two years--

"Mom, gimme space."

- Yeah, well,
look where "space" got us.

How did I not...

- We need help, Charlie.

- I can fix this.

- Okay, then. What's your plan?

- I'm gonna spend some
time with her.

Some one-on-one time,
some real time, with Kate.

And the other kids.

I can, you know, really make
an effort, which I haven't.

But I can cut back.

- Babe, we've tried that.

Please, we need something that's
gonna last more than two weeks.

- It will. I'm serious.

- Honey, the only reason
that Kate is still here

is because she is too
young to leave.

She's gonna brush you off
just like she does me.

She wants less of us
in her life, not more.

Honey, we have got to get help.

We have two more coming up
after her, and she's following

right after Ronnie, and they're
gonna follow right after her.

- He started drifting away
and--and doing his own thing,

and I just thought it was normal
young adolescence stuff.

- I know our jobs as parents
is to make sure our kids

are well taken care of and--
and keep them out of trouble,
right?

- Yeah.
- Teresa and I began to realize
that maybe we had

our priorities all wrong.

Look, we were looking
at the spiritual development

of our children as only a part
of their lives,

but not the centerpiece.

Man, we cared about more
about how they acted than we did

about teaching them what
loving and trusting

and walking with Jesus
every day looks like.

What they learned from us
was how to stay away from sin.

Don't mess up, and if you do,
don't--don't--don't tell anybody

or else you'll be in
big trouble.

Man, we taught them
how to hide their sin

rather than confess it.

They never saw us
confessing anything.

- I can't get my kids to talk
to me, let alone confess
anything, so--

- Here is your catfish
and fries for you,

and catfish and slaw for you.

You guys need anything else?

- We're good, thank you.
- Okay, enjoy.

- Teresa and I were talking
the other night,

and she thinks that--WE think
that maybe it'd be a good idea

for the, uh, four
of us to get together

and go to that new parenting
series at church.

- I just--

- I know--I know we'll probably
be the oldest ones in the group,
all right?

But it can't hurt to sit in
on a few sessions, now can it?

[ exhales ]

- Okay.

- Yeah?
- Yeah, I'll do it, let's do it.

- Good. Good.

Now--now can you pray over
the food so I can eat my
catfish, please?

- Sure.
[ laughter ]

God, thank you for the food,
and for friends,

and our kids.

- Thanks for doing this.

- Hey!
- Excuse me.

[ low chatter ]

Host: Okay, come on in.
It's getting started.

We wanna welcome you to
the Art of Parenting

video series,
presented by FamilyLife.

Here's what the schedule's
gonna look like.

We're gonna watch a video
for about a half an hour--

- Hey--here we go.
Host: take some notes,
and we'll break out

into some mini-sessions.

I think most parents
in America say, "I want my kis

to be happy," and/or "I want
them to be successful."

Woman on video: And I feel like,
oh my gosh, that's not good
enough.

Happiness is just an emotion
that comes and goes.

Man on video: What does
happiness look like?

Um, it's kinda
difficult to answer.

[ music ]

[ music ]

[ music fades ]

- Kate, can you come
down here for a minute?

- Yeah. Uh, one sec.

Yeah, what's up?

- Have a seat.

Okay. [ clears throat ]

Well, your mom and I, um,
have come

to realize that our faith
and believing in God needs to be

more than just going to church
on Sundays or praying

before we go to sleep.

That God doesn't just need to be
a part of our life,

but that he needs to be
the center of it.

- What does that mean?

- That's a good question,
and honestly, um, we're still

trying to figure that out too.

- Well, I think for most of our
marriage we have--we've tried

to do the right thing, and we
figured that if we were--we were

doing that, if everything
was going okay,

that--that we were on track.

- Yeah, we--we just--we thought
we just had to do our best,

and turn to God when things
aren't working or you get stuck.

But that's not the way it is.

We've been learning a lot about
this book-The Bible--

and that this is what God wants
us to spend time in every day,

so that we can learn
more about him.

This is how he teaches us
about himself,

and this is how we learn
his plan for us.

Jesus said that we--
we need God's word

more than we need food.
- Nuh-uh.

- Yeah. yeah, I
know--it's--it's--
it's hard to believe, but it's
true.

You know, our souls hunger
for these words the way

that our body hungers for food.

I want us, as a family, to start
spending time every single day

reading the bible together.

- I try to read my bible
sometimes, but there's a lot

of words in there that I don't
know what they mean.

- [ laughter ] I under--
you know, there's a lot of words

in here that I don't know
what they mean either.

But I bet if we dive in
together, we can figure it out.

Okay? I tell you what.

Why don't we start--
why don't we start now?

Go get your bibles and we'll
dive in and just read

a few versus, and--and--
and go from there, okay?

Go ahead.

Well, we'll see if this
does any good.

- Hon, you're doing great.

We just have to remember that
our job is to be faithful.

Change is up to God.

- Yeah.

[ music playing ]
[knocking]

Charlie: Hey, you got a minute?

- Mm-hmm.

- Kate, I messed up.

Um, I haven't been as involved
in your life

as I should have been.

You have grown into a beautiful
young woman,

and somewhere along the way
I quit being your dad.

[ music ]

You know, when you were little,
I knew what to do.

We would go get ice cream,
I'd just push you on the swing

while you said,
"Higher, Daddy, higher."

And then you stopped wanting
to go to the park, you know?

And I guess I just--I starting
thinking maybe my job was over.

That was wrong.

That was really wrong.

[ music ]

You were on that sidewalk
the other night

because of me.

I wasn't here for you,
and I stopped protecting you.

Will you forgive me?

I'm so sorry.

- I forgive you, Dad.
[ crying ]

[ music swells ]

I have something to
say to you too.

- Okay.

- Um...

I'm sorry
I snuck out with Mike.

I knew that it was wrong,
but I just--it was nice

to have a guy paying attention
to me, making me feel special.

I know it caused you guys
a lot of stress.

Can you forgive me too?

- Of course.

Buds?

- Buds.
- Pals?

- Pals.
- BFFs?

- Okay, nobody
says that anymore.

[ laughter ]

- What do they say now?

- Uh, I don't know,
like, "Dudes."

I don't know.
- Dudes?

- Don't call me that.

- Ice cream date?

- Mm.
- What do you think?

- I'll have to check
my calendar.

- Gotta check
your calendar--okay.

- Yeah.
- Pencil me in.
[ laughter ]

- Here, try this.

- Okay.

That's amazing.
- Thanks.

- Yeah--no, I'm actually--
I'm really impressed.

- I still need to try it
with less garlic, I think.

Or add it in earlier.

- How old are you?

- I'm ten, Dad.

- You're ten--oh, that's right,
that's right.

Because you're talking
like you're 35.

[ laughter ]

You know, I think we should
find a way for you

to make some money doing this.

- For real?
- Yeah.

- How?
- Well, I have an idea.

You know how Mom goes to bible
study on Monday nights

at the church?
- Mm-hmm.

- What if you made dinner
for the family every Monday?

- That'd be awesome!

- Yeah? Now we'd have to plan
ahead, make sure

you have what you need.
- Okay.

- But I'm thinking if you cook
for everybody and then

you clean everything up,
I'd be willing to give you

five dollars a week to do that.

- How about $10 a week?

- [ laughs ] Are you
negotiating with me already?

- Yeah.
- No, no, no, no--

I'm gonna stick at five.

- Okay.
- For now.

But if you made extra,
then we could take some

to Mr. McBride
from church as well.

I bet he'd love to have
a meal cooked from you. Okay?

- Mm-hmm.
- That sound good?

- Yeah.
- Yeah? Are you excited?

- Yeah.

- Okay. Keep going,
I wanna--eat more.

- Good, man.

Number five: What have you done
to show your children

that they are special
and unconditionally loved?

- Hm--well, I been spending
some time with Josh,

helping him with his cooking.

He's pretty good.

- How's it been for you?

- Hard--at first.

You know, he, um, I guess
I never really looked

at cooking as something
that men did.

But I--I am learning
that I can't make him

what I want him to be.

- Well, how's it been for him?

- He's--he's really opening up.

It's been really good.

[ music ]

- What are you working on?

- Katie's Arrow.
- Hm.

- Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

You're not gonna--you're not
gonna copy off of my work.

- Thought we were supposed
to do this together.

- Uh, ultimately, yes, but I
would really--I think that we

should each do our own
first draft.

And I see what you're--I see
what you're doing here.

- Whatever--whatever you come up
with, I'll be so fine with.

- Mm-hmm, yes, but that's--
you're not gonna get

outta your homework that easy.

- Gosh, you're no fun.
- I'm fun sometimes.

Alice: I wrote that she's
considerate and sensitive,

and something that I wanna
work on her with

is cultivating
a sense of belonging.

Charlie: I have that Faith
is inventive and persistent.

Alice: That she is.
Charlie: She is.

♪ Oh, it's the most important
battle we will fight ♪

♪ We've gotta give 'em
more than words ♪

♪ Let's give our lives ♪

♪ Oh, it takes patience, it
takes courage, it takes heart ♪

♪ We may be broken, but it's
not too late to start ♪

♪ Pray on through this
crazy life ♪

♪ Then watch them
fly straight to ♪

♪ The target that we're
aiming for--it's you ♪

♪ The target that
we're aiming for is you ♪

-- Okay. Science, though--mm.

♪ To the ends of the earth
they will take this life ♪

- I'm not gonna let a video
teach you how to tie a tie.

♪ Like a torch that's burning
through the darkest night ♪

♪ Lift them up,
pull back the bow ♪

♪ Say a prayer and let 'em go
like arrows... ♪

- Oh, thank you very much,
appreciate it.

- You're welcome.
Have a good afternoon.

- I have some news for you.

- [ gasps ] Kate--Kate,
oh my goodness!

Honey!

- I know, isn't it beautiful?
- It's beautiful.

[ kitchen chatter ]

Josh: Yes, sir.

♪ Like a torch that's burning
through the darkest night ♪

- There you go--yeah,
there you go.

A little higher, a little
higher--right there.

There it is--there you go,
very nice. Good job, Josh.

♪ To the ends of the earth
they will take this life ♪

♪ Like a torch that's burning
through the darkest night ♪

♪ Send them off like arrows ♪

[ music ]

- So, uh, your handsome son
is nowhere to be found,

so I guess you have to call me
in on my day off?

- Kenneth!

- How's it going?

- It's good. No, Josh actually
is doing all of the food

for the wedding.

- Is that right?
- That's right.

- [ laughs ] That's great.

- He's just making pasta,
but he's very excited about it.

- Yeah, you know, he's always
been the best cook

out of both of our families.

I don't know why
I didn't see that.

Don't tell Teresa, though.
- [ laughs ] Okay.

- I heard you got three summers
left with him.

- Not enough time,
if you ask me.

- Zero left with Kate.
- Thank you.

- [ laughs ] Well, you--at least
you got two extra summers

out of it with her.

- God has restored
beyond repair.

- That, heh,
is his specialty.

- You're telling me.
- [ laughter ]

[ music ]

- Hey, sweetheart.
- Hey. Get everything unload?

- Unloaded, set up--looks good.

- Thanks.

- Hey, I wanna
show you something.

Kate was the one
who found it.

- Is that Ronnie?

Who's the little guy?

Is that--
- He looks just like you.

- [ voice cracking ]
Is that his?

[ sighs ]

[ hoarsely ] He has a son.

Well, what else do you know
besides this picture?

- Kate was looking around, and,
um, from what she could tell

it looked like Ronnie
didn't even know

he was a dad in--until,
like, a couple weeks ago.

Looks like the mom dropped
the little guy off with him at
his place.

- Where's that?

- Someplace in Oregon.

- Did you call?
Did you call him?

- Yeah, I left a message.
- What'd you say?

- Nothing--nothing
out of the ordinary.

You know, I didn't--I didn't let
on, uh, that I had seen

a picture or anything.

Hon, are you okay?

[ hoarsely ]
I have a grandson.

[ sniffing ]

We're grandparents.

- Those are the only pictures
that we have.

- Any reason to think
that he'll be--

is he gonna be there
at the wedding, do you think?

- No. No, I--I don't think so.

[ music ]

[ sniffs ]

[ sighs ]

- Father...

[ sniffs ] we pray for our--
we pray for our boy.

We don't know where he is,
Father, but you do.

And God, we thank you
for the blessing of a grandson.

A grandson.

And we pray that you will
protect him from any harm

or evil that may come his way.

God, somehow--

[ whispering ]

Somehow, that he will come
to know you at a young age.

That he will learn to love you
and to walk with you

and to trust you
with his whole life.

Father, we pray again
for our boy, Ronnie, Father.

[ hoarsely ] My boy.

Bring him home, Father.
Bring him home.

Help him see the folly of his
sin, Father, and the reality

of your love,
and the reality of our love.

It's in your son's name we pray.

Amen.

We have a grandson!
[ laughter ]

Oh! Oh!

[ voicemail greeting ]
Uh, hey, this is Ronnie.

I can't get to the phone right
now.
- Honey--

[ voicemail greeting ]
Leave me a message.

-Honey, if you're gonna talk to
the bride,
you need to go do it now.

- I don't think he's coming.

[ music ]

- Just remember, you're on
the left, he's on the right.
[ laughs ]

- Come here. Mm.

- I'm not supposed
to be touching your dress.

- It's okay.

Listen.

Today is a big day for Daddy.

He probably won't show it,
but on Monday, when you guys

are back at home and I'm not
there, he'll probably

try to act like
he's not sad.

But he'll be sad--a little sad.

He only has one little girl
at home now, and that's you.

- But I'm not
a little girl anymore.

- You are to him.

Even though you're 13,
he's still gonna need

those hugs from you.

He needs to know you haven't
gotten too cool for him, okay?

- Mm-hmm.
[ laughter ]

And when you get to be my age,
and you meet a cute boy,

just like Rick, who loves Jesus,
and he asks you to marry him,

you make sure you get Daddy's
blessing before you run off

and get married.

And remember, whoever you marry
has to wanna live

no more than 30 miles
from Mom and Dad.

- Really?

[ knocking ]

- [ laughter ] I'm kidding.
But help your dad.

- Ladies?

Excuse me, miss--um, have you
seen my daughter Kate anywhere?

[ laughter ]

No, no, no, this can't--
this can't be her.

This is an angel.

You look gorgeous.

- Thank you, Daddy.

- Hey, um, Faith,
can you give us a minute?

Why don't you go see
if you can help Mommy?

Okay.

Are you ready
for all this?

Because we can call this thing
off right now.

- Dad, Dad--

So Ronnie--I don't think he's--
- Dad, I know. It's okay.

We'll just keep praying for
them--for both of them now.

- Kate, I just--I wanted to--

- Dad, I'm not going to let this
steal the joy of this day,

and you shouldn't either.

- Hey--sorry to interrupt.

Kate, honey, they need you out
front before the guests arrive.

- Tell them I'll be right there.

- No, you go.

- You sure?
- Yeah, we can talk later.

- Everything look okay, Mom?

- You look perfect, honey.

Come on, I'll walk you out.

- Love you.
- Love you too.

Love you too.

[ music ]

[ congregation murmuring ]

- I love you, Daddy.
It's okay.

- Phew.
I love you so much, Katie.

Charlie: Katherine Grace Morris,
now Katherine Grace Johnson,

is a testament to the saving
grace and mercy

of our lord Jesus Christ.

Having received this blessing
from the Lord 20 years ago,

I have faithfully taught her to
love God with all of her heart,

soul, and strength.

Katherine has proved herself
to honor God and authority,

to live responsibly, to hunger
and thirst for righteousness,

to be a proper helpmeet,

to seek reconciliation
and forgive quickly,

to obey the Lord
and all His holy will.

I hereby give thanks and praise
to God for this blessing,

[ voice cracking ]
and in the presence of our Lord,

I declare to God be the glory.

I also declare that on this day,
Katherine Grace Johnson

I know--given to me by God
as an arrow in my quiver,

is hereby released
into the world,

now in the hands

and the direction
of her husband,

on mission
for the Lord, by the Lord,

and of the Lord, to make
a difference for him

and our generation.

May she be the mother of tens
of thousands, and her legacy

continually bless
future generations

for the glory of God.

Amen.

[ music ]

I love you.

- [ voice cracking ]
I love you too, Daddy.

And I got my eye on you.
[ laughter ]

[ phone ringing ]

[ automated voice ]
Incoming call.

[ phone ringing ]

- Ronnie, it's Kate again.

Just calling to see
if you're going to make it

to Mom and Dad's 50th
next week or not.

I talked to your son Tim
and he and Elizabeth are coming.

Ronnie, listen--you don't want
to get a voicemail

at some point and learn
that one of them is gone

and--and you never--
I don't know.

Just come, okay?

[ music ]

- What in the world
have you done? [ laughs ]

- My internationally acclaimed
strawberry French toast.

Made from an old family recipe
that I dug up online

about 20 minutes ago.
- [ laughter ]

- I bet the kitchen
is a disaster.

- Ah, in a half-hour
it will be spotless.

- No, I'll take care
of it once I eat this beautifl
breakfast.

Your son would be so proud.

- [ laughs ] Josh would be
surprised that I can cook

anything for breakfast
besides Pop Tarts.

- Do they still
make those things?

- I have no idea.

Well anyway, this looks a lot
better than Pop Tarts.

Whatever inspired you to make me
such a special breakfast?

- I have no idea.

I was just sitting at the
kitchen table, reading Joshua 9.

- Oh, is that so?

- Happy 50th--to the only woman
I've ever loved.

- Oh, my Charlie.

[ tearfully ]
You're the only man I've ever
loved.

- Well, you should go ahead
and eat before, uh,

my world-famous
French Toast gets cold.

- [ laughs ]
Okay. Mm.

[ music ]

- That looks great, guys.

Let's put it out the
first 30 or so.

We'll ice the rest of them, and
pull them
out of the fridge as needed.

- Okay.
- All right.

[ music ]

Girl: Is that her?
[ laughter ]

- Hooray, you're here.
- Hello.

- Oh, Faith, it is so good
to see you.

- You too.

- Oh. And you guys
are so grown up!

- Say hello to your Aunt Kate.

- Hello.
- Hi, Auntie.

- Hello Aunt Kate!
- Oh.

- When we're done, we're gonna
put all these in the freezer.

Dad! Hey, it's good to see you.

- Hi, honey.
- Hi, Mom. Oh, you look great.

- Aw, thank you.
- Look at all this food.

Josh, we could feed everybody
for a month with all this.

- Well, we're gonna have
some leftovers,

but that's no problem,
we'll take care of it.

- I think you may have gone over
the budget that I gave you.

- Well, actually, uh,
we are far under budget.

This is my gift to you guys.

- Oh, Josh--
- Yeah.

- Now, son, I--

- No, no--listen, how often
does a caterer get to serve

his parents
on their 50th anniversary?

Now Dad, I know you did
something special

for Mom, right?

- He brought me breakfast in bed
this morning.

- Oh, really?
That's impressive. Cornflakes?

- I'll have you know I made
Strawberry French Toast.

And your mom
gave the meal a 10.

- [ softly ]
I gave it an A for effort.

[ laughter ]

I really think the reason he
cooked for me this morning

was because he knew he was gonna
be accountable to you today.

- Not so. Not so.

[ laughter ]

[ music ]

[ chime ]
- Ronnie's calling.

[ chime ]
Ronnie?

- Hey, sis.

[ clears throat ]
Um...

I missed the first flight
but got on a follow-on.

Sorry I missed your calls.

- But you're on your way?

- Yeah, I'll be there.

Kate on speaker: Ronnie?

- Yeah--Kate, I'm sorry that--

- Don't mind any of that.

Uh, today it's
about Mom and Dad.

I haven't even told them
you're coming yet.

- I'll surprise 'em.

- Okay. I'll see you soon.
[ chime ]

[ music ]

[ chatter ]

Charlie: It wouldn't have been
the same without you.

Kenneth: Hey.
Charlie: You guys fly or drive?

Kenneth: Well, we
ended up flying.

Flying ain't what it was
10 years ago.

Charlie: Better or worse?

- Have you seen him?

- Rick's waiting for
him at the door.

We should probably
get started soon.

These kids aren't gonna
last all night.

- Yeah, you're probably right.

- I'll get Dad to do
the blessing.

Okay, thanks.

- Cold out there.

- Hey--Ronnie? I'm Rick.
I'm Kate's husband.

- Guess I missed the dinner?

- [ laughs ]
Trust me, there's plenty of food
left over.

Everyone's inside and they're
just now starting

to share their tributes,
so come on.

- Um, listen, I--I don't wanna
interrupt what's going on.

Is there a place
where I can listen in

without all of a sudden
being the center of attention?

- [ laughs ]
I'm way ahead of you--got the
perfect spot picked out.

- So in honor of your amazing
50 years together,

your children decided to take
a minute and let you know

just how much
you mean to us.

We thought it best to find
a way to preserve

our thoughts for you.

Kate: We decided to go in age
order from youngest to oldest.

And this is what Faith wrote.

[ music ]

- Mom and Dad, I have had many
years to think of what my life

might have been if you two
had not made me

part of a forever family.

I've read about the lives
of the children

who spend their childhood
in orphanages.

Chen and I know firsthand that
even the best orphanages

can never give a child
all the things you gave me.

Your whole life was about giving
to our family.

You gave us so much.

But today, I wanna thank you
for the three most

important things you gave me.

First, you gave me the gift
of security.

As a child, I knew that whatever
happened in my day,

even if it was a pesky,
bratty brother tormenting me
[ laughter ]

I would always
have a mom and dad

that would show me
unconditional love.

I remember the time when
I was eight, when I packed

my little suitcase and I told
you I was moving back to China.

I remember you telling me, Mom,
that you would leave my room

the way it was,
just in case things

didn't work out for me
in China.

That's all I really
wanted to hear.

I never made it out the door.

I had a home.

You gave me a place to belong,
and a family to belong to.

When people who could tell
I looked different

from my siblings would ask how
long I'd been in the family,

I remember
you telling them, Dad,

that God had determined I would
be a Morris long before

any of us were born.

Even when I struggled with my
identity as a teenager,

you kept reminding me of what is
true--that my identity

isn't found in the color of my
skin, or the city

where my birth parents lived.

You taught me that my true
identity is as a child of God.

[ tearful ]
And that's the third gift you
gave me...

[ music ]

You gave me the gift
of a living faith.

You made sure we were
all in church.

You were, Dad,
you were faithful to read

the bible to us.
[ sniffs ]

But the loudest sermon I heard
growing up was the one

both of you preached
by the way you walked.

I learned what it looks like to
believe in God and walk with him

every day by watching
how you walked with him.

I know my siblings were stunned
when they found out

that their adopted sister
was actually

your favorite child.
[ laughter ]

But I wasn't surprised at all.

I knew it was true.

So thank you, for all the gifts
you've given me.

Chen and I pray that heritage
you've given us

will become a mighty legacy
that will live

for generations,
through our children

and our children's children.

I love you, Mom and Dad.

Your daughter forever, Faith.

[ music ]

- Well, I originally
was going to title mine

"A Tribute
from your Favorite Child."

But, uh, I didn't wanna crush
Faith with the truth,

so I ended up calling it
"Here's to my Imperfect

but Faithful Parents,
from your very imperfect son."

In the bible, the apostle Paul
said, "I am who I am

by the grace of God."

And I can say the same,
except I have a second part

to that phrase--I am who I am
by the grace of God,

and because of the
faithfulness of my mom and d.

My parents learned early that
their third-born was stubborn

and strong-willed.

Dad, I remember you used to love
telling people

that when I was a child I drew
a circle around myself

and called myself
the Lord of the Ring.

But we both knew that
there was more truth there

than either of us
wanted to admit.

But I think the biggest lesson
I learned from you as you tried

to redirect all my rambunctious
impulses was that in the end,

people matter more than things.

Relationships matter more than
always having to be right.

And love matters most.

And you both taught me that
by how you faithfully loved

your sometimes hard-to-love son.

[ voice cracking ]
So in the end, that will be your
legacy,

and there could be
no greater legacy

than a legacy of faithful love.

I love you two very much.

"Your son, Josh."

[ music ]

- I'm proud of you, Son.
- I know, Dad. Thank you.

Alice: You make it sound
harder than it was.

- Your memory's
failing you, Mom.

[ laughter ]

- So I decided not to include
in my tribute about being

the favorite child, because you
know, that was our secret.

[ laughter ]
And I know how to keep a secret.

So Faith and Josh,
I am sure you are really

the favorite children.

My tribute is called
"My Two Moms and Dads."

When I was 15, I got
a new mom and dad.

My--my old mom and dad, um,
they were loving and kind,

caring and gentle.

My new mom and dad, um, well,
they were also loving and kind,

but I didn't realize it
at the time.

I, in fact, didn't care for my,
uh, new parents all that much.

They, uh, put new boundaries
in place.

They said no to things that they
normally said yes to.

But there was something
about this new set of parents.

They, uh, didn't rattle easy.

They had an inner peace.

They had new priorities.

And they calmly and quietly went
about reshaping our family,

and in that process they showed
me what it means to live my life

in Jesus, instead of trying
to find a place for Jesus

in my life.

Mom and Dad, I can't express
to you how grateful I am

for all the fun times, the love,
memories, and most of all,

the model that you showed me how
to walk humbly with your God.

I love you.
"Your daughter, Kate."

Alice: That was beautiful.

[ music ]

- Well, before we cut the cake,
there's something

I wanna say about it.

Uh, we wanted to do something
very special

for Mom and Dad...

- Josh, I realize I'm kinda
late--here tonight.

Like about, uh,
30-some-odd years late.

And Kate said something,
uh, about tributes

when I talked to her last.

I guess I probably didn't listen
all that carefully to her.

That's been an issue, uh,
of mine over the years,

not listening to what other
people were telling me.

Oh, but I don't wanna take
the spotlight off

where it belongs--
on Mom and Dad.

Um, I think I remember

reading once,

"Hear, my son...

"your father's instructions...

"and forsake not...

"your mother's teaching.

[ music ]

Back then, I didn't listen, uh,
to--well, to much of anything,

other than my own perceived
intelligence and upperclassmen,

or my instructors,
whose approval I was craving

at the time.

Um, I am glad that my own son
Tim and his wife Elizabeth

are able to be here today.

I guess it's about time
that they met y'all,

and you all met them.

Uh, especially since Tim
has just taken a new job at Fort
Mill.

And son, I'm--

glad--

that you're gonna finally
get a chance

to meet your grandmother
and grandfather,

and get to--know them.

I should have, years ago.

[ music ]

[ chatter ]

- Night, guys.

Mom, what are you doing?

I have someone coming
on Monday to do this.

It's your anniversary.

- Well, I'm just rinsing
a few dishes.

You know me, I can't leave
a dirty kitchen.

- [ sigh ] Okay, I know I'm not
gonna win an argument with you.

- Mm-hmm.

- Are you okay?

- Mm-hmm. Ronnie's gonna stay
at the house.

This is a good thing?

- Yeah, it's good.
It's really good.

- Okay. Well, listen, if you're
gonna do dishes, then, uh,

you need to do 'em right.

- Oh. [ laughter ]

- We're about to head home.

I just wanted to say goodbye,
and how thankful we both

are to finally get to meet you
and Grandpa.

- Well, you just don't know. Oh.

- You two have no idea how
thrilled your grandma and I

are that you're gonna be moving
just right down the road in Fort
Mill.

We're gonna have
to have you over.

- Mm-hmm.

- Better yet, we need to give
you two a night off

and get to know
your kids better.

- Yes.

- Wow, that's very kind
of you--thank you.

- Truth is, I have so many
questions I'd love to ask you.

Sometimes I just don't know what
to do with the little ones.

- Oh, honey, I understand.

When Ronnie was born,
I was so scared.

I didn't have a clue
what I was doing.

Bye bye. Say "bye."
[ baby babbling ]

Bye bye.

[ music ]

- So they took the baby Jesus
and they wrapped him

in swaddling clothes,
and they laid him in a manger.

[ laughs ] What are you doing?

Tell them the story.

- Now, there were shepherds
abiding in the field,

keeping watch
over their flocks by night.

And suddenly, the angel
of the Lord came upon them,

and the glory of the Lord shone
round about them,

and they were so afraid.

The angel said unto them,
"Fear not, for behold,

I bring you good tidings
of great joy."

[ music ]