Barry tears parenthood
Patrick, downtown, keeping an eye on her. His expression. I think he loves her.
We watched an episode of Parenthood where Zeke, the 72-year old father has been told that his heart is bad. They can do surgery, but it is risky. He is looking for a special baseball because he wants to give it to first born great grandson and remembers that he put it in a shoebox in the rafters of the barn of their old house. He and his wife drive out to the old house and see two children playing in the yard, their pregnant mother standing in the doorway. Although she doesn't see Zeke and Camille, she waves her boys in. Camille says, "Well, go on. Go knock on the door." He leans his head back against the headrest and says, "No. One day those boys will be climbing up in the rafters, looking for something, and they'll find the box and think they've found a treasure."
If it wasn't the closing scene of the episode, it was near it. When I looked at Barry, he had a tear that had trickled down his cheek. I said, "Are you crying? You're crying!" He said, "Leave me alone!"
I didn't press. I know that he has hidden things away and will say, "When I'm gone, they kids will find it..."
The day after, or the day after that, he wondered aloud about bee suits for Annette or for the kids, and we talked about the things he's gotten in to hoping to stir up interest, and he talked about the girls spray painting their pottery and that they'll have that memory, and we talked about going to the things they are already interested in.
~Patrick, at the table, talking about going downtown, protectiveness in his voice, "watching her the whole time."
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