The Christmas Card Page #4

My mom calls them

his mistress.

She always credits

the army

with teaching dad

the skills

for a good marriage.

Loyalty, commitment,

love of family...

And the ability

to do his own laundry.

I believe she

really taught him that,

but... seems more masculine

to credit the military.

Come on.

So, this'll be your room.

The bathroom's

right around the corner.

I'll hang you some towels.

Yours'll be the green ones.

Ok.

Thank you, um,

faith, I wanna, um...

Faith, we're back!

Can you come

help with dinner?

Coming, mom.

Take your time,

settle in.

I'll see you later.

Ok...

Cody.

Come meet Rosie's cousins

from brass valley.

This is Jack and Suzanne.

- Hey, Jack.

- Hi.

My boys

Sammy and Henry.

The scalawags.

My daughter Rebecca.

The beauty.

Cody, would you mind

going out to the garage

and grabbing a couple of

folding chairs for the boys.

Point me

in the right direction.

I'll show you.

Ah, ah, ah... ok...

But no lifting for you.

The doctor doesn't want you

using that arm at all.

Fine, fine, I'm just

goin' for a walk

with my hero buddy.

It's really great

to have you here.

Great to be here.

- Man...

- Looks like somebody's got a couple of hobbies.

Yeah, I wanted

to build a sleigh,

but one with wheels

on it.

Rosie gets a kick

out of this thing.

She says it's romantic.

Yeah...

I suppose that hog's

for Rosie, too, huh?

Oh, no, no, no

that one's for me.

Not too much lately, though.

The eyes are slowin'.

Hmm.

Wow, what a great spot.

Yeah, that's up

off of highway 49.

That's, uh, got a beautiful

view of the yuba river.

You oughta see it

before you leave.

- That view.

- Yeah.

It's a California

memorial site

dedicated to those

who died in Vietnam.

My dad died in Vietnam.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Hit my mom pretty hard.

She passed away after I

graduated from high school.

You know, sometimes I think

that's why I joined the army.

Hmm.

I thought it'd

fill that void somehow.

So... w...

What are you doin'

for the holiday?

I'm not really sure.

Yeah?

I got a business

proposition for ya.

I own a mill...

Family business.

Now with this injury, I really

could use your help here.

Especially

during the holiday.

It's one of the busiest

times of our year.

I don't want

to take your money, Luke.

Maybe I could

work for room and board,

somethin' like that.

Well, yeah, great.

Great, that'll

get Richard off my back

squawkin' about takin'

on more help. Yeah.

That's good.

Hmm... yeah.

Wh-what are you doin'?

Oh, I wanna

surprise Rosie.

So, you know, it's like

fate brought you here.

- Yeah...

- Sure.

Uh... not fate...

Exactly.

Huh?

Well, I got this

Christmas card.

- What?

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