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I grew up in a neighborhood that was a lot like other neighborhoods.

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Where the boxes we lived in were distinguished only by the names on the mailboxes...

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And the cars in the driveways.

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It was a place where hard-working Americans circled their wagons to protect themselves from the outside world.

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Wayne, don't forget the trash - tomorrow's Tuesday.

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Hey, it's Kevin's turn.

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- No, it's not!
- Just...do it.

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Our lives were made up of little moments...

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More scalloped potatoes, honey?

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All delicately intertwined.

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Oh, thanks Mom.

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Karen called today.

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How much?

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Just...thirty-five dollars till the end of the month.

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Send her a check.

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Hey, that's mine!

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Not anymore, angelface.

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Wayne...

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Give your brother the roll.

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Maybe we weren't aware of it then, amid the school paper-drives

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and the scalloped potatoes and the sounds of the neighbor's children playing...

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But life was rich there...In our small sanctuary.

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And precious.

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And the only thing that could ever change that...

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Hello?

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Was death.

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Jack?

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It's your father.

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Hey, hey, hey!

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Grandpa!

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How are my boys?

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Not that Grandpa was dead, exactly.
In fact, he was alive and kickin'.

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Ah. Got your nose!

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Like a fine old wine...
Or an old smoked-ham...

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The guy just seemed to get more robust with age.

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Hi, Albert.

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Let me take your coat.

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I appreciate you puttin' me up, Norma. I really do.

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Oh, now...don't be silly - you're always welcome here.

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So, uh, how long you stayin' for, Gramps?

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Well...we'll see - we'll see.

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Who-who died?

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Oh. You didn't tell 'em, John...

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Uh, no, Dad...I thought you'd probably want to.

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Jack?!

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Well...I guess you oughtta know.

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Aunt Rose passed away yesterday morning.

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Oh, dear...aw...Poor Aunt Rose.

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Well, not to worry, Norma.
She had a full and productive life.

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Didn't she, boys?

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Sure, Gramps.

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Right!

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It was true. Aunt Rose had had a full and productive life.

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Which left just one little question.

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Who's Aunt Rose?

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Actually, she wasn't you aunt.

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She was, uh...well, she was my first-cousin.

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By ten o'clock that night, I was sorry I asked.

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Look at that. You know where that was taken?

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No...why don't you tell us Grandpa.

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That was up at the lake house.

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Nice bathing suit.

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Yeah, well...that's what they looked like in those days, Wayne.

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You know, she was...

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Eighty-two years old when she died.

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Can you boys even imagine that?

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Course, when you're fourteen, eighty-two isn't much different from forty-two,

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or even a hundred-and-two.

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Still, if Gramps needed a friendly ear...

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He could always count on us.

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Come on, Dad.

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The boys should get some sleep.

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Yeah. You're right, John.

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I guess I've been bending you boys' ear too much, eh?

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Nah...

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It was fun, Grandpa.

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It was a lie - but a good lie.

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After all, the guy was goin' to a funeral.

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The least we could do...Was give him a pleasant send-off.

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Oh! And set your alarm-clocks!
We gotta leave by eight o'clock!

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Hold on, here.

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Did he say...?

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Did he say "we"?

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It was obvious somebody had to clear this up.

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We chose the big guy.

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Uh, Dad - about those alarm-clocks...

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I meant to tell ya - I've forgotten mine.

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You'll have to get us up.
And we can go in my car.

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Uh, well...you know, Dad...

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We weren't really planning on going to the funeral.

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Not goin'? Of course we're goin'.

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I-I have to fly to Seattle Thursday morning, and...

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The funeral's tomorrow, John...
You got plenty of time.

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Norma, where are the glasses?

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Oh, here. Let me...

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Now of course what was needed here was simple clearing of the air.

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A collective statement of intention.

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This just isn't a good time for me, Dad.

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Funerals...Are never a good time, John.

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Besides...I think the boys should go.

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Great. Now he was draggin' us into this.

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Uh, well...The boys have school...

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Then write a note.

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I think "death in the family" is an acceptable excuse.

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Dad, it -

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What is the matter with you, son?! 
Rose was family. Our family.

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Doesn't it mean anything to you?

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But the thing is...It really didn't.

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Not to me, anyway.

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I'll bet that...Kevin, there...would...

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Like to pay his last respects to one of our own.Wouldn't you, son?

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Suddenly...I was all that was standing between us, and Aunt Rose.

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S-sure, Grandpa. I guess so.

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"Sure, Grampa. I guess so."

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Butthead.

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It wasn't fair. I'd been cast as the Benedict Arnold of the Arnold clan...Just for being a dutiful grandson.

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Are Phil and Opal coming to the funeral, Albert?

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Oh, yeah. They drove down last night, to help Iris with the arrangements.

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And Ray's flyin' in from Portland.

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Iris? Ray? Who were these people?

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And, uh, Lloyd'll be there, too.

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Lloyd?

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- Yeah, you remember Lloyd, he w -
- Yeah. Yeah, I remember.

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The thing is...I couldn't understand why all of this was so important to the old guy.

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It'll be good to see the family again.

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Right, Kev?

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And why was he picking on me?

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Right, Grandpa!

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I'm glad you decided to come.

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Doodle-oodle-ooo..

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Here we are...Rose McKenzie.

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My deepest condolences.

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Somehow, I understood exactly what he meant.

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This isn't little Weegie, is it?

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Ya know why we call him "Weegie" don't ya?

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Because he couldn't say "Wayne" until he was about four years old!

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Yessir. Yessir - there was a second gunman on that grassy knoll!

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I know what I'm talkin' about!

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And this must be Kevin!
Just look at you!

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You look just like your mother!

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Times have been tough, Norma.

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And I know it wouldn't take much...to get the business back on its feet, again...

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it's just...one thing after another...You know what I mean...

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You two - you could be twins!

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All in all, a sobering experience.

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After about forty-five minutes of this...

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Our little twig on the family-tree was just about ready to branch off.

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Oh, God...

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Oh, God.

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I'll be right over.

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This was Dad's cousin, Lloyd.

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He'd made a mint selling aluminum-siding.

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And probably the only person in the world with enough nerve...To call my father...

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Cous'...

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How the hell ya doin'?

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Just great, Lloyd. You?

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Never been better. Except...

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Except for this, of course.

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Hey...you're looking different, Jack.

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Put on a few?

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I don't think so.

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Maybe you're just gettin' old...

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It was the kind give-and-take that always affected Dad the same way.

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I have to go to the john.

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Good idea.

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Hey!

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I'll bet I missed a few birthdays in there somewhere...

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I don't have any change...

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You can split this up, can't you?

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Hell-o, 'Cous!

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Sure...

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You bet!

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Thanks!

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No problem...

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Get yourself somethin' real nice. OK?

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And suddenly...We were starting to feel pretty kindly towards Aunt Rose...

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Alright, boys. Time to say goodbye.

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Doesn't she look natural?

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They do such good work here.

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As we stood there...

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Face-to-face with mortality...

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It's hard to describe the emotions that swelled within us.

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Give me the money!

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What?!

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Half of it's mine - I'll get the change.

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Wrong...I'll get the change.

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OK - fine. I trust you.

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Alright...we walk up to the casket...

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You keep a look out...

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And I'll take care of the rest. You got it?

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Are you sure we should do this?

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What's the matter - ya chicken?

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No, I'm not chicken.

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Well, then you gotta help me.

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- No, I don't!
- Yes, you do! You dropped it!

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- I didn't drop it!
- Yes you did drop it!

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- No, I didn't drop it!
- It's twenty bucks!

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Hey! Hey! Hey!

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What's goin' on?

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Nothing, Grandpa.

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Well, cut it out!

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This is a funeral - not a fist-fight.

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Now, where's your dad?

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We don't know.

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It's time to drive to the cemetery.

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Besides, he's already missed the coffin-closing.

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Yeah. It looked like this case was closed, alright.

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The hell were you doin' back there, John?

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I was gettin' some air.

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"Getting some air"?

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I guess you could say it was a kind of a solemn ride to the gravesite.

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The flowers look lovely, Albert.

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Yeah. They were, weren't they?

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I haven't seen so many flowers since...Helen died.

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You remember that don't ya, John?

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Yeah. Yeah, I remember, Dad.

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Shoo - Boy, it was hot that day, remember?

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Dad, I remember, OK?

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Just making conversation.

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But while Gramps and Dad chewed the fat in the front seat...

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Where I sat...I had problems of my own.

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Hey! Cut it out!

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Oh, sure - after I hit you once...for every dollar you lost.

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Hey, I didn't lose it!

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Ooh - lost count. I better start over again.

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Wayne!

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- Kevin! Stop it!
- Alright - I told you boys!

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Now, let's just-just all try to put a good face on this. Alright?

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But the fact is, I didn't feel like putting on a face.

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- Man...
- John...

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There's somethin' I've been meaning to talk to you about.

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I was a fourteen-year-old kid with a sore shoulder...

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Down ten bucks...

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On my way in a cramped car...To bury somebody who had absolutely nothing to do with me.

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Have you, uh...Have you thought any more about buyin' that plot next to your mother and me?

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And then, suddenly...Aunt Rose's funeral hit home.

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Dad, you we have to talk about this?

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Something you should be thinkin' about.

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Dad...

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You don't want these boys makin' the decisions...Do ya?

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They'll have enough to think about when the time comes.

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Dad, I've taken care of it, OK?

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It was the first I'd heard that my dad had a little patch of earth with his name on it.

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And of course, there was only one thing to do about it.

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Boys! You just stop it!

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Alright. Alright!

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Get out. The both of ya!

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What?!

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If you can't go to a funeral...and be respectful...then don't go!

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Grampa -

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If you change your mind...The cemetery is two miles down the road!

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Dad!

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Hmmm. No help there. Or there.

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So, I just had to hope Gramps was bluffing.

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I'm serious about this, dammit! Now get out!

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- But, I -
- Now!

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I had never seen my grandfather so furious.

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And there ya had it.

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Stranded in the middle of nowhere...

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With nothing to show for it...But a clean suit.

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Ow!

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First - you lose my money!

265
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And now this, butthead!

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You idiot!

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Whoa! Jerk!

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Moron!

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Dorkface!

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Where are you goin'?

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I'm walkin'!

272
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Grief wears a lot of faces.

273
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Some people cry...some people hand out money...

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Others throw dirt clods.

275
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And for the first time that day...

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Hey, wait up!

277
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I was starting to feel a little grief of my own.

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Jerk!

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Idiot!

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Some journeys take longer than others.

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By the time we got to the cemetery that afternoon...

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I knew I'd travelled more than just two miles.

283
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Something was happening in my life.

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Something so big...I couldn't take it all in.

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And though we feel poorer for her passing...

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We should seek comfort...

287
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In the knowledge that we are, in fact...

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So much richer.

289
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Richer for having known her.
For having...

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Been touched by her kindness.

291
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Would...anyone like to say a few words about Rose McKenzie?

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I, uh...I believe I would.

293
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I guess, uh...

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I guess my cousin, Rose...

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Liked family gatherings more than anyone I've ever known.

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Even after she had...

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Trouble gettin' around, she...

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Always loved to have a chance to see...

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The folks.

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As she liked to call us.

301
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Course, lately...it seems like the only time we get together is, uh...when there's a wedding, or...

302
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Or when somebody leaves us.

303
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As I stood there...listening to Grandpa's words...

304
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a lot of things began to become real for me.

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Aunt Rose.

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The loss Gramps was feeling.

307
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And why coming here was so important...

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For all of us.

309
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But, I can tell you one thing...

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Rose...Is not gone from us.

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She never will be.

312
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She will always...

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Be a part of us...

314
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As long as we remain a family.

315
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Part of...the folks.

316
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Part of who we are.

317
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Even for those who...really didn't know her very well.

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I guess that's when I understood...What my grandfather had been trying to explain to me.

319
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That my life was bigger than the little neighborhood I lived in.

320
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And that these strangers who surrounded me...

321
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Weren't just relatives...

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They were my family.

323
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And the death of one...

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Affected each of us in some way.

325
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Hey! It's twenty bucks...

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We'll be seein' ya, Rose.

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The thread of my Aunt Rose's life had been permanently woven into mine.

328
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Leaving me with questions.

329
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And driving home that night...

330
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My fragile little family hurtling through the darkness...

331
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I knew I'd have to face those questions one day.

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- Dad?
- Hmmm?

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Don't ever die, OK?

334
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Nahhh...I'm not gonna die.

335
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But for now...

336
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That was good enough for me.

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