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t.s eliot wrote there's no  vocabulary for love within a family   love that's lived in but not looked at love  within the light of which all else is seen   the love within which all other love  finds speech this love is silent fall semester 94 music scholarship english  major sociology major history major   you've had a lot of interests it was a very  interesting time for me what happened i don't   know where to start how about the very beginning  that's sort of the problem is i'm always at the   beginning when i really want to be at the end  and actually finish something what if i told   you that every finish line is just the beginning  of a whole new race i'd say i'm tired of running   i'm going to recommend that you  join our peer tutoring program   it might just help you find  that thing you're looking for thank you uh hey hi it's me mary i know it's been a long time okay yeah this is your house oh my gosh i cannot believe mary thomas is  in my little old house i can't believe you   have a house in a neighborhood and a real life  and don't forget bill bill smith wow still bill   still he was too lazy to even get a divorce man  20 years later and you're still the grown-up   my college fun ended once you left my life  now i'm just one cliche of another phd   living in suburgatory looks nice to me  dr grou nice is not a compliment mary   and look at you miss hot musician  world traveler i am not hot you're hot   the only thing hot on me are these hot  flashes and sometimes they're lukewarm now listen my guest room is yours how  long are you staying i'm staying stand   you stand stand i got my own place girl what  in the world are you doing graduating i hope   well i have just the thing for you come on come  on oh my goodness graduate yes oh there you go you held on to all this stuff well i prayed you'd  come back i just didn't think it would be 20 years are you okay it just seems like a lifetime ago you ever think about it no you ever think about him every single solitary day of my very single solitary life oh hey wow yeah okay dude what are you doing you're missing our party  it's not our party it's yours now what happened to   us making this year different huh you and me it's  gonna be legendary yeah you say that every year listen buddy i can't go out  there okay my game is off   in order for your game to be  off first got to play the game why is it the minute a girl breaks up  with me she turns hot don't be fooled   by that all right it's just an illusion  yeah lucy's got that ex-girlfriend glow even beth no no beth's different that's the  most beautiful creature on the planet come on excuse me do you know whose car this is  it's blocking my garage yeah the guy in 301. excuse me who's in charge here  he is or does he have a name yeah i need to get my keys and rachel's really  worried she still has to study for tomorrow another glass what has gotten into you today megan  he was right in front of me in the flesh i saw him   i think he saw me too who saw you lawrence  lawrence noel riley iii your son yes   what where ellis apartment what did he say when  you told him you were his mother you did tell him   didn't you what was i supposed to say you  don't know me but i'm the woman that gave   birth to you 20 years ago my name's mary but  you can call me mom mary thomas what is going   on in that head of yours everything happened so  fast i didn't know what to say maybe we can get   to know each other first maybe we can become  friends oh you can forget that parents do not   get a chance to just pop back into a child's life  after 20 years and become their secret best friend well good morning i can't eat those   why not they're organic and gluten-free  no those eggs have strings attached no i'm pretty sure i cook these without  any strength not a future counselor if   you make me a pretty omelet and i eat sid  omelette there's an obligation an agreement   no this is just a friendly omelet friendly  is that what we are now friends with benefits no we're friends with breakfast friends don't kiss like that and they  definitely don't make sexy eggs oh okay so   you think i'm sexy huh what do you want right  now i want those eggs which is why i gotta go thanks dude hello i'm home son hello sir how are you  capital hey mom hello love feeling fit uh yes   sir dinner's in an hour oh great i'm starving  that's people i want you to meet all right though soon the legal community will benefit  from the privilege of our adding another   riley to the legacy of this great firm yes  legendary are you ready to conquer the world   well i believe the question is is the world  ready for me to conquer it oh noah was born   ready at six he was cross-examining me  at seven he was advising his teachers   i believe he was five and at six  he was actually beating you darling   and that is why harvard would be lucky  to have him i agree johanna to harvard   was proud of you tonight it's just dinner  no never be just dinner again from now on   every meal is an interview every  handshake is a potential client a merger you're on double time now double time you're  gonna have to work twice as hard just to stay   in the game i can open up the door for  you but you gotta walk through yourself   how is it in the female department i mean they're prospects i'm not talking  about sex oh good because i'd rather not   talk about sex with you sir still stuck on that  uh that betty girl or death you know her name not exactly a rising star  what's that supposed to be   you're almost 21 noah you're gonna  need to find a woman that's an asset   not a liability that she's not just a  transaction doesn't passion count for something it's overrated congratulations welcome to the real world damn come on thanks for gracing us with your presents  miss me yes you what's your name ah   thomas mary thomas well next time you decide  to be late miss thomas do us a favor don't be you don't have to sign those papers what if  they're right what if i can't give him the   life he deserves mary don't say that  a mother's love is all anyone needs i'm sorry no please finish what is that it's nothing those dark chord progressions  say it's something i hear love pain if you won't tell me maybe the piano will sometimes the keys have a memory wait well this is a first hmm it's cozy it's still here matthew kessie class of 1994  professor of music studies mary thomas i found her her wait what happened to lucy in  the morning after eggs huh forget about lucy   this is this is a real woman bro you wouldn't  know a real woman if she was standing right next   to you what happened to your game being off oh  it's back on now before you get hung up on this   new girl tell me what's so special about her she's  in my class oh wow serendipity you guys have the   same class together come on i'm serious man i need  your help i might need some tutoring on this one   get in line this year i have a peer  tutor elective and i don't want to   be late for my first session so  we'll talk about this later okay by the way bro you need to  work on both these games hi you're my peer tutor yes i'm no riley i am in  the right place correct you are mary thomas   yes yes come on come on in  sure how are you good good good give me a few minutes to get myself together  just make yourself at home sure all right find what you're looking for oh   no i was just looking around it's  like an antique travel shop in here you saying i'm old uh no i'm  just saying you get around oh i'm sorry i um what i meant to say was  i'm sure if these items could talk they   would have a pretty interesting story  they probably would yeah so get to work i have a lot of catching up to do i love a good challenge let's see okay ah pattern and voice an anthology of  verse i love this one let's start here the travel   all right this is the big mid-study snack  you've been talking about exactly okay you ready i'm ready wow a plus on dessert i'll  make sure to mark you down excuse me you're not winona   no i'm your new winona what do you think i  think you're late i think you're in my chair let me save us some time here i'm lauren snow  o'reilly iii taught my class honors college   last year's student body president pre-law  you get the picture i think it's developing   composition or performance what  says you're you're a music major   double major music in history but as far as i'm  concerned music against my history you make a   fine lawyer brilliant obeying the question  what was the question do you play or write i   listen uh so your senior thesis will be in music  listening my thesis yeah a thesis of composition   or performance is required for the student who  wishes to be awarded a degree in music that's you you see winona and i had an agreement  and now you and i have a disagreement you know i suggest you make a few  phone calls once you're properly   informed who i am i'm sure we'll be in agreement have a good day it's thomas you here to  finish your piece please no   i'm sorry i don't have an appointment  i can just come back no please   steak what can i do for you the student that just  left here lawrence noah riley iii is he a natural   talent he was born with it at least that's what  his last advisor said why so much interest in mr   rog iii i shouldn't be talking to you about this  i don't even know why i'm here well i do you do you wanted to see me right well for now let's  just forget i was even here for now hey that was great that was nice yeah can i ask  you something sure go ahead why do you always wear   suits well my father says a poorly dressed man can  be turned away from any door but a well-dressed   man can walk through any door he pleases so  although i must admit this necktie gets quite   bothersome sometimes yeah should loosen it maybe  yeah but not at a business meeting right sure ah   it does feel a little bit better you can breathe  okay i got a piece for you try and guess this one vaccinations i believe i played that piece 840 times by the  time i was eight okay he did not really intend for   it to be played 840 times he was talking about art  and artists and not having rules and limitations   he was using wit well i was quite the accomplished  eight year old your turn i'd like you to play some okay you know i feel like i heard this  somewhere before you don't know that piece   no seriously i feel like i've  heard it somewhere who's it by me you know i i uh i actually have tickets  to the symphony coming up would you   be interested in joining me yes really   you know it also happens to be my birthday coming  up and we're having this little celebration   saturday night with the boys down in milan's  bar private room shots whole nine yards   love it if you could join us you cannot crash  your son's 21st birthday party you're right   why can't i well aside from 21  being a sacred rite of passage   no boy wants his mother there spying on it he  won't know that i'm his mother that's even worse   what if he has a stripper jumping out of a cake  how can i tell him without him hating me for it   who knows what his father's told him exactly  you don't know and i know what happened was   wrong but that boy being this close to you and not  knowing that you were his mother that's as wrong how do i look like a bad idea  shots right all right one more boy oh man yeah i'm gonna die  alone depressed and a virgin listen   you're gonna die so you won't even be depressed  anyway but you're still gonna be a virgin hey hey hey come on cheer buddy listen  listen all right forget it about lucy   all right tonight i am gonna find you to love you   he's the best friend in the whole wide  world happy birthday to you happy birthday noah larry happy birthday hey it's my 21st  birthday i'm a man now that's her heart yep mary bartender pour up another round  for mary all right my friend yes lucky that's right lucky yeah come on all right messed up please don't go you would sleep yesterday   so i'm gonna tell you that i'll  be right there i'll be right there today class dismissed miss thomas why do i feel like i'm in  trouble again you're not okay listen   thanks for taking care of him and i'm so sorry for  embarrassing you for being late to class thank you   how can i make it up to you you already have oh that's such a great photo i  love it thanks for sharing these   so when you're all grown up what  does the future hold for you mr noah   well that doesn't take much imagination go to law  school get married have children have an affair   make partner have grandchildren have an  affair oh so you have it all figured out   yeah well it's all figured out for me well is that what you want noah you're extremely talented  why don't you keep playing not exactly in the plan if there  wasn't a plan what would your dream be carnegie hall carnegie hall yeah throw it  away throw it away the plan   no no no no no no see if you knew my father  you would understand trust me i understand you know i wish i was more like you mary you lived  a complete artist's life a life of total freedom freedom doesn't come without sacrifice so what do you want to be  when you grow up miss mary a little less free you know what let's go for a drive do you ever just look up at the sky with all the  stars and think it's like a big bowl of cereal   yes i think that every time i look at this guy this is a place i was born  where my mother abandoned me abandoned you your father  never told you why she left   my father is very hard to talk to about  anything other than law or ivy league schools so you don't know anything about her not  that much none other than she didn't want me   you know sometimes when i hear like a  collection of notes or a piece of music   i swear i could feel her then that feeling disappears  just as quickly as it comes thanks for sharing that   megan i'm gonna tell him after the symphony there he is i have to go hi hey you  look great oh as do you thank you um no we need to talk okay sure we got time  they're running late anyways who's running late   my parents your parents here yes i thought  i told you i would have remembered that   oh well it's your lucky night a double  bill rachmaninoff and the rallies so   what is it you wanted to talk to me about oh  wait want that thought here they are right now i have to go to the ladies room  i'll see you inside sure okay okay there he is how you doing sir well indeed darling   oh good evening mom you look great oh thank you as  do you should we go in oh absolutely let's do it   where's your friend uh she's in the restroom  oh yeah i can't wait for you guys to meet her oh so there you are here i am did i do something wrong no of course not  why well you disappeared at the symphony   you won't return any of my phone calls and  you missed three of our tutoring sessions   i'm sorry you say that a lot i'm sorry see  okay it's just it's been a lot harder than i   imagined coming back and the tutoring and  the homework you don't have to say anymore whatever it is you're going through if you need a friend to help you through it give me a call thanks you're welcome i'm glad you called it's been  ages since we hung out yeah welcome to mikasa can i get you a drink nope i'm fine all right close your eyes why just do it okay and turn around all right keep  them close they're closed all right and turn around and open them oh these are so pretty what special girl are they for they're  for you don't get me flowers no mary   i feel like i've known you my entire life you inspire me be uninspired what are you doing spencer wait mary where are you going what are you doing you can have any girl you want on campus and  you choose the one woman that i'm interested in   look bro all right i didn't think of  course you didn't that's your problem   people have always said to watch my back  around you that you're selfish but no   i defended you that's how  people really think of me it's not about what they think it's who you are so where you going somewhere anywhere but here  well you've used up all of you somewhere else's   he made a pass at me i'm so sorry to hear that but you know it's your  fault i mean come on you let the boy grow close   you don't tell him you're his mother who else  is to blame for him misinterpreting his feelings   i am i'm just afraid i'm  gonna make the wrong decision   mary you know you can only live your life two  ways you either live in your love or you live   in your fear my best friend comes back after  20 years i just don't want to lose you to fear okay so come on you're right see you did your  research why aren't you pursuing it it   music you know it's complicated um father says  i can't really have a career in music you can't   well where would it lead to i mean i  would just end up teaching music like me nothing personal but yes you do realize  i still have the power to pass you or not   so you're gonna block me from graduating no we're gonna help each other out collaborate the  music school here is in serious financial trouble wait isn't it customary to let the student  graduate first before hitting him up for money   i don't want your money so what do you want i hear you're pretty  creative blending old and new music genres i've been known to throw a good mash up i was hoping to see you here  but she was hoping she'd see you   and seeing her here at our age ain't nobody  got time for that you gotta talk to him   you got those thick eyebrows big  ass i know what they say about that this is my friend megan oh and hi and this is  my friend mary and she loves to dance i do yeah   you do come on y'all get out there oh my goodness  cute couple her baby daddy had thick eyebrows too where the ground folks we're both here in 94. it took me 20 years to discover you maybe because i'm still discovering  myself maybe we can discover together look at me my hands are sweating   what am i gonna do well what did you do back  in the day when we were in college you would   have gone home with them i would have gone home  alone oh girl i sure do miss those good old days well this time we will do the opposite i'm too  old to hook up honey you too old not to hook up   good point mm-hmm it's already been told i don't like me without you you look beautiful tonight not too far i told myself i wasn't gonna do this i suppose you want me to make you breakfast now or i could just be the breakfast be careful what  you asked for you might not like what i create   well my plate has been empty for far too long i've been waiting for a woman like you to feel it i don't know if i have time for boys i have  homework to do studying papers to write you want me to go yes how about now maybe no no sorry i miss you man the beatles can get back together so can we that's  right you want me we're legendary talk to mary no i really need to apologize four a's one b and a pause i  think you're in harmony okay   now what the what is up to you just  remember life is but a symphony of choices hey sit down of course i'm sorry i know i overstepped my bounds i just felt that we were somehow connected i miss hanging out with you i  miss hanging out with you too   you know what are you doing for the holidays  ah i'll be here you know me and my family we   have this tradition we're supposed to invite a  new friend for christmas you should come well in case you change your mind be nice to have you there it'd  be our first christmas together thank you matthew what are you doing here merry  christmas let's go come on in baby tree that's cute you always stop playing when i show  up you know i'm not giving you a grade what's this did i get you a present i didn't get  you anything you know what you could do for me   you can finish playing that piece you were playing i know that look can't finish the song pain in the  dark chords just standing in your way barry as artists we give birth to our music   we create it we love it we release it  but we get to celebrate what we created matthew i have a son a son that's great i want to meet him you already have noah is my biological son he  never said anything about it he doesn't know oh cheers have you ever ridden a camel  let me tell you something   riding a camel is literally an art form i mean  you know we got my mom on a camel they had to   bring out a trampoline just so she could step  aboard it's quite interesting and fascinating   actually i feel like an nba player out  there you know oh boy it's quite the experience i can't do this   do it what is it food dream music what's  going on this all feels like one big facade what are you asking me to throw away everything  i worked so hard for no i'm not asking you for   anything noah i've known you for four years now  and it still feels like i don't know the real you this is the real me come on if this is the life you're  passionate about then so be it but i need a world that's not so  predictable a life of surprises   i want someone who's who's not afraid to do  something crazy just because people are looking   so am i wrong to be a part of all this  i'm not saying you're right or wrong this noah it's just not the right one for me go find yourself and then come find me can i come in yeah all my life i've been able  to walk the mini door i've fleas one door i've always been afraid of i can't stop it from closing she says i'm predictable what do you see when you look at me the truth i see someone who's living someone  else's dream and not his own i'm tired of my father's expectations  then write your thesis composition you help me absolutely spring break at a  beach house oh mary you are asking for a storm   i'm going to help him i i don't want to see him  waste his talent is this about noah or about him   and his father noah both well you know you  never listen to me but i am going to keep   telling you you have got to stop this charade i  mean that boy finds out the truth about you and   he is not going to allow you to be his mother  or his friend tell him before i leave i promise   yeah you said that in my kitchen you said that  in my bathroom you said that in my living room   you keep saying that when are you going  to tell him oh i know i know tell the boy slow down a bit okay you're jumping ahead okay the top of the measure i want you to try this all right starting with the c two  counts go to b okay and then the chord   okay i need you to remember to breathe breathe  all right and play from your heart okay i like it yeah see yeah it makes a difference  it does make you play from your heart because   that's where the music comes from i like  it a lot good nice try again okay hello dad what are you doing here your  father and i thought we'd   surprise you and come spend spring break with  you what's going on here what are you wearing you must be noah's parents so  nice to meet you i'm mary thomas hello what are you gonna do i'm gonna get drunk on  uh very expensive scotch lawrence you need to   have a conversation with your son you've  been avoiding this truth for far too long i'm gonna have a talk with her first mary what were you thinking how could  you let him believe i didn't want him   are we gonna get into all of that right now yes  we're gonna get into all of that right now you   abandoned me lawrence you let your father take  everything from us no one took anything from you   you signed it away your father made it impossible  to do anything else i was not a liability and you   know it and i have given that boy a life  a stability you never could have imagined   lawrence you are doing to noah exactly what your  father did to you and you don't even realize he   has dreams of his own will you finish condemning  me in my own house okay i need you two to stop just stop now tomorrow we  will talk to noah together   and calmly unless you two kill each other first you've changed you have it you know mary has one  of the most interesting lives out of   anyone i've ever met sure she does she's  played in famous music halls all over the world   even with all of her experience she came  back to buckley to finish her degree i really admired that is that where you met no  i'm her tutor noah is an extraordinary musician   yes we are aware of that we  raised him to have many talents i'd like to make a toast he does this all  the time we have a surprise sweetheart the   reason your mother and i are here wanted  to deliver the news to you in person news   you got in harvard law school yeah  we just got confirmation yesterday wow man that is legendary what if he wants to do something else all right  i'm gonna say it if you're not please lawrence you   can't make someone do something just because you  did i don't see how this is in your damn business um this is a celebration honey what's going on here guys you guys act like you know each other we did they uh   went to school together they've done more than  that together how did you that was a long time ago tell me what are you are you her no i'm your friend  answer the damn question are you her and i'm your mother no don't  don't you dare touch me i trusted you uh i'll be on the next flight out you're very good at this leaving  what do you want me to do i want you to go as far away as  possible back to where you came from i don't ever want to see you again till that mountain move on my way   tell me i did the right thing it doesn't matter  what you did what matters is what you're going   to do next he doesn't even want me around  mary you can't expect the child to accept   overnight what it took you 20 years to  gain the courage to do you have to give   the child time do you think he'll ever  forgive me have you forgiven yourself no everything is lost lost if there's one thing  i've learned from you mary thomas is that it's   never too late to re-orchestrate  the symphony you call your life spencer mary could you give this to noah for me i'll give  it to him but uh i can't promise he'll read it you really miss him don't you yes tremendously i'll try my best listen would you just put the damn ball in all  right i don't want to talk about it anymore you have to eventually she doesn't exist to me  she's the same person she was before break no   she left me she pretended to be my friend  she lied to me and now she looked me again   she didn't what are you talking about  she's still here she wants to see you what are you on her side now too she's not the enemy neither am i there's noah i know you may not understand  the choices i've made in the past but please   know everything i did was because i love you i  thought i couldn't compete with your father's   family and all they could provide so i decided  not to rob you of the opportunities i wish i had   and i struggle every day with that decision  you have been the angel in my world these   last few months and i so desperately want  you to see the best in me if you can find   it in your heart please forgive me love your  mom and friend i want to show you something what are you doing you don't get it do you what i miss my mother every single day of my life i'm sorry noah you are so fortunate how do you figure your mother is your friend and your  friend just turned out to be your mother lawrence i think it's time i donated the car i love you dad but my dreams aren't for sale anymore what do you want to know whatever  it is you don't want me to know that's what i want to know i was in love with your mother deeply but we were from different worlds and my father in his mind there was  no room for college pregnancy when i chose mary or law school he  gave her money for a ticket out of town   it's a different time then this was a different place he didn't think she could take care of you somehow he convinced her  to turn over custody to us i didn't have the guts to stand up to stand up for your mom end of story   end of story we can live our  present regretting our past   but what good does that do no dad you  can't shut the door on him either no i guess our coming back here is swung  the damn thing wide open someone had to oh she came back what she changed her mind she got an attorney she  called every month for the first few years she really tried how do you feel about all this mom for 21 years i had the privilege of being your mom but it's time to end the silence i am your step mother right now  i need to be your step aside mother i love you i love you too mom so uh i'm yeah of you son thank you dad you stayed i stayed i'm never gonna  let anything come between us ever again so that means you stuck with me forever so mr legendary now that you're free  to live like an artist how does it feel feels like home yeah shall we yes i loved that progression that you  did it was really so beautiful   see i thought i messed up for a second oh no it is so good to see you again good  to see you do we know each other have we met   when you were two minutes old  and you have aged beautifully   she's my spencer ah gotcha okay makes sense meet  you over there later okay okay bye-bye all right   you look great thank you so do you thank you  i've wanted to be your mother for so long   and now i get to be your mother and your  friend i like it sounds great come here let's do it you ready to  graduate i am all right after you   the heaviness of well-laid plans and hard work  will be replaced with the likeness of a bright   new future that future is only limited  by the lens in which you capture it   today is not the end of the race it's  just the beginning of a brand new start graduates rise michael dingleby   lawrence no o'reilly the third congratulations this is lost in your stare i found courage in those eyes of things i never  dreamt i could walking alone down paths i did not   see you were the light that set me free you've  unlocked the doors to the deepest part of me   i'm not afraid cause you are everything to me what are you doing ever since that  day you left me i've been lost i don't want to go another day without you is i like it what's those new  chord progressions i hear forgiveness thank you so where do we go from here we   reorchestrate the symphony called our  lives i like it all right race to the seems fountain work so you

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Published: Thu Mar 04 2021