The Ground Beneath Our Feet

EVELYN (VOICE OVER): Come, ye weary, heavy laden,

bruised and broken by the fall.

If you tarry till you're better, you will never come at all.

Mary, please, come with the family.

Oh, Mother, none of the families are my age.

How am I supposed to have any fun at all?

There are others to consider besides yourself.

What was that all about?

I prefer we discuss it in private, Dear.

EVELYN (VOICE OVER): Though my sister was absent that day,

we gathered with other families, just

as we always had every Lord's day for

as long as I could remember.

While I didn't know it at the time,

Mary's rebellion foreshadowed the end of an era,

not just for my family, but for the country as well.

The security and innocence of my childhood was coming to an end.

If anyone says I love God but hates his brother, he is a liar.

For he who does not love his brother,

whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Aw, shucks, I gotta go.

Have a good day.

I'm here to pick up Mary.

I'll tell her you're waiting.

Mary, your boyfriend's here.

Where'd you find that?

In Evelyn's room.

Oh, I know it wasn't...

Hi, Roy.

Let's get out of here, baby.

EVELYN (VOICE OVER): Why are you downcast, oh my soul?

Why are you disquieted within me?

Oh, Lord, help me to find my hope in you.

May I take those books for you, Evelyn?

Why, thank you.

Hi, Freddie.

Good morning, Evelyn.

May we walk with you?

Of course.

Say, did you ever go on that camping

- trip you were talking about? - We did.

It was swell.

I bet it was.

You didn't have to chase any bears, did you?

Not this time.

Well, look who we have here.

Aren't you in a hurry?

Let go of me.

What?

You don't like me?

You're kind of cute.

I said let me go!

Let go of her, Roy.

Looks like someone's cruising for a bruising.

Careful.

Let me accompany you to class.

Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.

Amen.

It's nice of you to join us, Evelyn.

Sorry I'm late.

As it is your first tardy, you are excused.

But see that it doesn't happen again.

It certainly won't.

Thank you, Mrs. Layton.

Howard, please come up and continue from where

we left off yesterday.

Yes, ma'am.

God who gave us life, gave us liberty.

Can a nation's liberties be secure

if we have removed a conviction that these liberties

are the gift of God?

Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.

His justice cannot sleep forever.

I'd like these completed by Monday, class.

But I'm going skiing this weekend.

Fine, finish it when you can.

What if I don't feel like it?

I suppose that's your prerogative.

Hey, you OK?

Yeah.

I'm fine.

You don't seem fine.

I'm just tired.

Hey!

What's going on?

Do you have work today?

Yeah, tomorrow's my day off.

Great, that means you can audition for the play with us.

No, I'm a horrible actor.

I'd get booed off the stage.

You could be an extra.

Come on, Emma, it'd be so fun.

Please.

I don't know.

That's totally your guys' thing.

Oh, my gosh, look at this.

She's pretty good.

Looks like you have some competition, Jaida.

Shut up.

Gosh.

I know. She's been acting really weird.

Yeah, she has. What's going on?

I have no idea.

When I came up to her...

Don't look.

What was that about?

None of your business.

Sorry.

Hey, girls.

Mind if I have a moment with Aspen?

Not a problem.

What do you want?

Don't lose this.

There's pizza in the freezer.

And if you need anything, you can always call your dad.

Your dad?

He's still your husband, you know.

I'll be back on Tuesday.

Have a nice trip.

I'm so excited for your party.

Who are you inviting again?

The better question would be, who didn't I invite.

EVELYN (VOICE OVER): I remember with fondness

the time I worked for Farmer John.

The monotony of the job provided ample time for prayer,

and my faith began to grow.

It was this faith that would carry me through the valleys

that lie ahead.

Hello, Evelyn, good job today.

It was my pleasure.

Yes, I like having you working here.

You gave me an extra dollar, sir.

Oh, better get my eyes checked.

Did you hear about Mrs. Baxter?

No.

Poor old gal fell and broke her hip today.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Yeah, yeah.

She'll be back.

She's a tough old bird.

Take those to your family, will you?

Thank you kindly, but that won't be necessary.

Oh, it's necessary.

You go and take those to your family.

Thank you.

Have a good day.

EVELYN (VOICE OVER): I decided to take the eggs to Mrs. Baxter.

I remembered the Bible verse about looking after widows

in their distress, and I was glad to help

her in her time of need.

Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Jones.

Hello, Evelyn.

I like your lollipop.

It reminds me of a snail.

Someone toilet papered Billy's house.

- Come see. - Really?

Are you sure?

Yeah!

What a thankless job.

It has been one complaint after another all evening.

Cold pizza, soggy crust, wilted lettuce.

I mean, would you eat this?

What do I have to do to get some good employees around here

anyway?

You could start by paying us more.

What did you say?

I said you could start by paying us more.

You're fired!

Really?

All right.

Try and find someone to replace me, then.

I just lost my chef.

You want me to make the pizza?

Can I take...

I asked for pineapple.

I got olives instead.

He hates olives.

Have the waiter take that off the bill, will you?

Mine too.

There was a hair in my salad.

OK.

You have no idea how badly I want to quit right now.

You and everyone else.

Things never change, do they?

I'm sorry.

Emma.

I wish things could be different for your sake.

Yeah, well, from now on, they will be.

Open the door!

Emma!

Emma!

Open this door right now.

Open this door right now, or I'm going to bust it down.