Sara and John are brother and sister, who were recently informed that their parents are
getting a divorce.
SARA:
You look bummed, John.
What's wrong?
JOHN: (angrily)
As if you didn't already know! (muttering)
What a STUPID question.
SARA:
Well, you don't have to bite my head off.
I was just trying to help.
JOHN:
HELP?
Help HOW, Sara?
The only way you can help is if you can make them stop this!
If you can convince them that they... that they still love each other!
SARA:
You know I can't do that, John.
JOHN:
Well then, don't ask stupid questions!
SARA:
Do you think you're the only one hurt by this, John? Do you think you're the
only one who's angry, and upset?
Well you're NOT!
This hurts me JUST AS MUCH as it hurts YOU!
JOHN:
Funny, you seem to be taking it so well.
SARA:
No, John, I'm just not going to make things harder on myself by trying to change a situation
that I have no control over.
JOHN:
Mom and dad HAVE to love each other, Sara!
How else did they stay married to each other for the last twenty years, and raising three kids...
I mean, they were always so happy together, remember?
SARA:
Of course I remember, but they're not happy with each other any more.
JOHN:
So what changed, Sara? (Gets a big quieter as his anger mixes with sadness.)
Sara, what's changed?
SARA:
THEY changed, John. Mom and dad changed. They've drifted away from each other, AND they've drifted away from God.
That was the glue, John. Their faith held them together for so many years... until
they started to tear themselves away from God.
JOHN:
They didn't purposely tear themselves away from God, Sara. They were just so busy with other
things that... that they got torn away.
SARA:
They LET themselves get torn away, John. They let other things become more important than
God, and more important to each other than each other.
JOHN:
Things... like US?
SARAH:
John, that's not what I meant!...
JOHN:
Are you SURE, Sara? Do you think that maybe... maybe this is all OUR fault?
SARA:
It's NOT our fault, John! Is that really what you think?!
John, we DID NOT make mom and dad stop loving each other. So how could their
seperation be OUR fault?
JOHN:
I... I don't know.
Now I'm the one asking stupid questions, huh?
SARA:
No. A lot of things seem questionable right now.
I wish that they would stay together as much as you do, and be HAPPY, but they told
us that they would rather just get a divorce and be done with it, instead of try and work things
out. Even though they know it tears God up to see people who promised to be together
forever to just call it quits. They just fight so much nowadays that they think that
think that if they stay together, they'll be miserable for forever.
JOHN:
Yeah. It's so much easier to just give up and make US miserable.
SARA:
This ISN'T ABOUT US, John.
Yeah, it hurts.
But they don't WANT to hurt us.
JOHN:
I think that they just want what they want, and that's that.
Even if it means breaking up our home.
SARA: (sighs)
And you think THEY'RE not broken up on the inside over this?
Everyone is broken, and nobody can repair themselves.
That's why we NEED GOD in our lives.
JOHN:
Okay then. So where IS God?
SARA:
What do you mean?
JOHN:
Well, you keep talking about how much God wants married couples to stay together.
Why isn't he helping mom and dad to still feel love for each other?
SARA:
Because... that's just not the way it works.
I don't think that mom and dad have ASKED him for any help.
JOHN:
So then I guess it would be totally pointless for ME to ask?
SARA:
Talking to God is never pointless...
he CARES how we feel.
JOHN:
But not enough to PREVENT us from feeling this way?
SARA:
John, look at it this way - he loves our parents enough to respect their wishes, even if their wishes are the
complete opposite of what HIS wishes are.
JOHN:
Well, I guess that sort of makes sense.
I just don't feel like I can even trust anyone anymore.
SARA:
If you want someone in your life who you KNOW will never leave you - just turn to God.
Our homes on earth can be broken up...
but our home with God NEVER has to turn into
a broken home - that one's totally up to US.
JOHN: (Thinks about that for a moment, then smiles a bit.)
You're right.
Thanks, Sara.
SARA:
And you know, I'll always be your sister, and I'll always be here for you. (stretching our her arms to hug John)
So, how about a sappy hug?
JOHN:
Bring on the sappy hug! (They give each other a hug as lights fade out.)
