My Love: Six Stories of True Love (2021) s01e01 Episode Script

[wind gusting]
[geese calling]
Oh, it's ni-- kind of nice out.
Looks like it's snowing over there.
-[man] When does it start warmin' up?
-[woman] Tuesday or Wednesday.
Gonna be up in the 40s,
so it'll be boiling again.
I hope we have four good weeks yet
of boiling weather.
[man] Hmm.
[woman] Look at the icicles off the roof!
Look at this.
[laughs]
There we go.
I'll leave my stick out here.
"Syrup making at its peak."
[man] And there's your bucket.
[woman] It's kind of fun to see
the old pictures, though, and the kids.
I miss giving the kids the tours.
[people chattering outside]
-[woman] Are these--
-[man] Mom.
Come on.
[woman 2] Oh, Mom's here.
Okay. Well, I'll--
-Wait, Ginger, get over here.
-Barely.
[Ginger] Oh! Oh!
-Come on, Ginger.
-That's okay. That's okay.
Oh, my goodness.
How many generations? Three.
-Three?
-[Ginger] Three.
-Big smile, everyone.
-Cheese. [chuckles]
-Maple syrup.
-Look at the-- Yeah, there we go.
[David] The farm's been
in the family since 1871.
When I was really young,
there was 13 farms on this road.
Only one-- one farm left.
All-- all the rest of the farms are gone.
Developed.
You know what? With the wind to the west…
[Ginger] The sap flows best.
-[David] …the sap flows best.
-[Ginger] Right.
[aerosol spraying]
[continues spraying]
[Ginger] Oh, it's a great day
to have nice roads.
I think I'll take Walker Hill Road
and avoid the traffic.
[David] Everything's changed over so much.
Used-- used to be a big farm
right in here, somewheres.
-[Ginger] It was right there.
-I'd come home from school at night,
used to have to stop 'cause
the cows were going across the road.
Mmm.
Horseradish.
Horseradish. Mmm.
It's pretty spicy, isn't it?
You know your dad's cheese
he always loved?
-Sage cheese.
-Mmm.
And it only comes out
at holiday time. It used to.
Hey, look at your separator.
Just like the one in the barn at home.
We used to ship milk to Cabot.
[man] To Cabot? Yeah?
How many did you milk?
-[David] I had a hundred.
-[man] Hundred?
That's a-- that's a pretty good size herd.
[David] Well, the state
and the federal government
said, "Keep-- Get bigger and bigger."
-"More efficient."
-[man] Yeah. That's right.
Know what happened?
They put us out of business. [laughs]
[man laughs] Okay.
But there's too much traffic on that road.
You can't have it now.
[man] No. I milked cows
in Brookfield for 25 years,
so I know exactly
what you're talking about.
So Williston, did your farmland go
into development and all that stuff?
-Oh, heavens.
-It's in a land trust.
[man] Oh, it's in a land trust.
So, who's farming it now?
-My son.
-Okay.
What does he do?
Does he have animals on there?
He has a party barn.
-A party barn. Okay.
-Yeah.
[Ginger] We have each season.
-We have the maple in the spring.
-Yeah?
-Blueberries.
-[man] Yeah.
-And Christmas trees.
-Every season.
[Ginger] I think this is snowman snow.
Packing snow.
[woman] In the Diamond Ballroom upstairs,
we'll be presenting a workshop called
"Scams. What to do
when it happens to you."
That's "Scams.
What to do when it happens to you."
At 11 a.m. in the Diamond Ballroom.
[Ginger] Oh, Mansfield Place
is where Charlotte is.
-Yes.
-Yes!
- And this is her--
-[David] My daughter.
-Are you-- are you--
-David.
-Charlotte's father.
-You're an Isham.
I get my Christmas tree
from your nephew at the Isham Farm.
-Every year.
-No, that's my son.
That's your son!
Shirley said it was her nephew.
-So now I know whose kid it is. Right?
-It was her nephew.
-Oh, my goodness. Yeah.
-[woman] Enjoying the show?
-Out here?
-We came especially for the country music.
-Oh.
-Oh, at noon.
Will you be dancing?
-Oh. Maybe. Maybe.
-Square dancing.
-You never know.
-Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
-Nice meeting ya.
-It's a beautiful place, Mansfield House.
-It is.
[David] I can't afford to go there,
though.
-[laughing]
-Well. Yes, you can.
You need to check out
Williston Place down at the end.
-Oh, the new one.
-The new one.
-Oh, the new one.
-No, we have a permanent home in our farm.
-Right. Oh.
-We have a permanent apartment.
-And that is lovely there.
-Yes, yes.
-Absolutely lovely.
-And we have long-term care.
-In place.
-If you ever need long-term care,
then you'll come to Mansfield Place.
-Okay. Thank you.
-Okay.
-Good to see you. Bye-bye.
-Okay. See you.
[David] When I was young,
they always told me that
I was better seen and not heard.
-Oh, my God.
-This is Rachel.
And she could talk.
So she does all my talking. [laughs]
Well, listen.
-I used to work for this lady.
-[woman] Really?
She just loves people.
[woman] Yes.
[Ginger] David's very quiet.
He's quiet, but I like his strength.
I have a real partner.
When he was with the cows 24/7,
we both led separate lives,
and now I've got to know
another side of him.
David and I met at a barn dance.
[David] First time I saw her, I loved her.
[Ginger] Right away, he was taken with me.
And I was attracted to the other guy.
[David] She was more interested
in my friend than she was me. [laughs]
I said, "Oh, boy. I gotta get busy here."
[laughs]
[Ginger] He had to go
to National Guard camp.
And he wrote me a couple letters.
I was really impressed with those.
[David] Couldn't wait to get home
to see her again.
[Ginger] I thought, "Okay.
I guess I better see where this goes."
[David] The night she graduated
from high school there,
that's when I gave her the ring.
-[David] Old people have to take medicine.
-[bottle opens]
[Ginger] She said you can't take
your cholesterol medicine every other day.
I don't know.
[Ginger] We got married
October 17th, 1959, in Bristol, Vermont.
I was 19, and David was 24.
So, we had six children.
Boy, girl, boy, girl, girl, boy.
And I said to David, "This is it."
[Ginger sighs]
[grunts] Oh! Okay, Grandpa.
[both laugh]
Night, Ned. Yeah.
[kissing]
-You be a good girl now.
-Night.
-[David laughs]
-[Ginger] Yep. Okay.
[David] Don't roll off the bed.
David.
[Ginger] Night-night. Good night.
[kiss]
[David] You wanna walk in here?
-Thank you kindly, sir.
-That door's locked.
[man 1] Oh, that's perfect right there.
[man 2] Good stuff.
Blame it on him.
[man 1] Hi, sir. Just here. How are you?
-[David] Good. And you?
-[woman] Hi, welcome.
-[woman 2] Hey!
-Hello.
-[laughter]
-[Ginger] How are you and Eileen?
Nice to see you, girls.
We're glad to have some children here.
Would you guys like to try some
cream cheese walnut maple spread?
-I used to do it every year.
-Yeah.
Until Michael took over,
and then I kinda stepped back.
But I've been helping Helen
last year and this year.
-[David] There you go.
-Aah!
-[woman] Feel like you're Dorian.
-Oh!
-Look who's here!
-[Ginger] Oh, look who's here!
Hi, Thomas.
-[mother] That's Ian, that's not Thomas.
-[Helen] Hi, Charlie.
-Hi, Charlie.
-[Mike] Hello, Thomas. Some toast?
-Max.
-Max? You wanna call her Max?
-You can call her Max. She won't mind.
-Yeah.
He likes dogs, but he's afraid of dogs.
But then he antagonizes them
the whole time.
-[Ginger] It's okay.
-[Pam laughs]
[Ginger] You wanna learn
Grandma's bubble song?
[women talking softly]
You wanna learn the bubble song, Charlie?
Bubble, bubble, bubble ♪
Goes the syrup in the pan ♪
[gasps] Make the steam.
As up, as high as it can ♪
Put your hands way up high.
The steam is rolling
right out of the sugar house.
When you're outside, you can see it.
Today, the sap will flow ♪
Make your fingers go all the way down.
It's going to fall into the bucket.
The sweetest sound of all.
We love it in our tummy,
'cause it's sweet. Like this.
Sweetest sound of all ♪
The sugar maker knows ♪
[gasps] Yum-yum.
[Pam] Want a hand?
Yeah, we need a hand, Mama.
One hand. Wanna go look for more?
Oh, yes! Okay.
Where are we gonna put it, Charlie?
-It goes here.
-Perfect!
Let's give him a hat.
How's that?
-Oh! He said he was cold.
-Eyes.
Eyes? Eyes, yep.
[Pam] So, are you sure?
-Oh, okay.
-[Tom] Got more at--
[Ginger] Oh, wait, it's my turn.
-Here, Charlie, catch. Charlie!
-[Tom] Here.
-[Ginger] Ooh! Catch, Charlie.
-[Pam] Here, I think--
[birdsong]
[geese calling]
-[David] Hi.
-[Ginger] Hi, Jules.
-[Jules] Hi.
-[Ginger] Good to see ya.
-[Jules] Good to see you.
-[woman] You too, David.
-Happy birthday.
-[woman] Aww!
-Thank you.
-[woman] Those are beautiful.
Here's a card from Ginger and David.
-Oh, a card from Ginger and David?
-Yes.
-Yeah. A birthday card.
-Okay.
"Roses are red, violets are blue
Glad we are here to celebrate with you."
[Jules] I like that.
Well, I'm glad to have
all you people here for my birthday.
Grandpa's rockin'.
[Jules] Grandpa's rockin'?
-[David] Rockin' good.
-Grandpa David.
-[Jules] Who?
-David.
-[Jules] David?
-You know Ginger and David.
[Jules] Yeah.
They here?
-Yes.
-[Jules] Good.
We're right here, Jules.
We're gonna take you over to Fire and Ice.
It's good to have people around us.
It keeps us young.
[Jules] Are we going the right way?
[Midge] Where is--
[woman] Do we know
what we're having for lunch as well?
We're all having the salad bar, I think.
Trying to find the food?
Well, they know where it is.
They're going gettin' some.
-To eat?
-Yeah.
-They'll bring you some food, too.
-Huh?
They will bring you some food.
-They will?
-Yeah.
Oh, my gosh.
You should see all the food out there.
I got you some fruit.
You can eat that.
So, you are gonna be married 60 years.
[Ginger] Oh, yeah.
-[Jules] How many?
-[Midge] Sixty.
[Jules] Sixty?
[Midge] They deserve a medal. Really.
-No, we just deserve good health.
-[Jules] They'll be 60 years old?
We just need good health, that's all.
[Midge] You what?
We just need good health.
-[Jules] Mom?
-[Midge] What?
-Do I just eat this?
-[Midge] Yes.
[all] Happy birthday to you ♪
-Happy birthday, dear Jules ♪
-[chuckles]
Happy birthday to you ♪
[David] Thank you.
-Thank you.
-[Ginger] Thank you!
Thank you!
-[laughter]
-[Jules] Thank you!
[woman] Absolutely.
Well, Jules, it was good
to see you on your birthday.
-[Jules] Are you leaving?
-[Ginger] Oh, dear.
[Jules] Well, I enjoyed
having you people with us.
-[Ginger] Well, it was fun--
-Yes.
[Jules] I've really enjoyed the night.
We'll have to do this again sometime.
-Let's do it again.
-[David] Okay.
Good. Don't forget.
[Ginger] There's been a lot of changes.
David losing
several siblings with Alzheimer's.
It makes it hard,
'cause you look ahead and say,
"Well, someday it's going to be me."
[birdsong]
We desire to live in our own home,
where we're comfortable.
[chuckles] You make it look so easy.
[David] I was born here in the same room
where I'm sleeping today.
[Ginger] We are working on a budget,
the wills and the cremation plans,
because we didn't want our children
to have to go through
making these decisions.
Especially if it came suddenly.
Which ones are we paying each month?
-Long-term care.
-Long-term.
We can't-- we can't get rid
of long-term care.
And the things that we can delete.
No more birthday gifts
of money for the grandkids
who have full-time jobs.
So, that's only two out of 13.
That's pretty good.
No long trips.
We'll have to tell the kids
we want only gift certificates
for birthdays
and Christmas and anniversaries.
Okay.
[Ginger] The homeowner's policy.
We downsized
from our big two-story apartment
in our farmhouse, you know,
that we sold it to our son.
[man] And you have a renter's policy
to cover your own personal liability
and your own property in-- in your son's--
-In his apartment. In his home.
-[man] Yeah.
How much would it cost to replace
all of your--
all of your personal belongings
that are inside of your apartment?
-[Ginger] Okay.
-I don't know.
More than 25,000?
No, no. Definitely not.
-No? Okay.
-[Ginger] I'm glad we're reviewing this.
'Cause I went through
and looked at the furnishings
and thought, "Oh, my gosh."
How does it feel to downsize after
having all this stuff
-for so many years?
-It's nice.
-[man] Good?
-[Ginger] Yes.
It's funny. I'm on the other end.
I got two young kids,
so I'm just accumulating
all this stuff right now.
-So, you're in the other side.
-We're having only what we really need.
Yes. I look forward to that. [laughs]
[Ginger] Our concern this year is,
looking at everything we're paying--
-He told us that we won't pay him anymore.
-We won't have to pay him any rent.
-Our son. We'll be rent-free.
-[man laughs]
-We'll be rent-free.
-Nice.
Because he realizes
that he got a deal when we sold it to him,
-being our oldest child and oldest son.
-[man] Yeah.
We could've developed it.
-[man] Yeah.
-Big time. But he was--
We wanted him to be successful.
I can't get over the view from up here.
It's so wonderful.
Used to be all open meadow around here,
with a barn, silos, and things.
Amazing what it's come from, huh?
Look at the brick buildings now, though.
[Ginger] Mmm.
[birdsong]
We know where our ashes will be.
[man] Okay.
I've paid for a lot with my mom and dad,
and that's where I will--
my ashes are to go.
[man] Mm-hm.
And I'd like to have my ashes on the farm.
[man] Yep.
But I wonder, could I just have them
so they can spread them out on the ground?
-[man] Absolutely.
-Okay. I was wondering.
-[man] Absolutely.
-[Ginger] Mm-hm.
'Cause I-- I grew up right there, and I--
Wonderful view.
-Spent a lot of time up there.
-[man] Yeah.
-[Ginger] In the sugar woods.
-Yeah. Next to the sugar wood.
-Done a lot of sugaring.
-[man] That's hard work back then, too.
-[chuckles] Yeah.
-[David] Yes. It's farm life.
-[laughs]
-Yeah.
[man] Are you, uh, interested in an urn?
We're not salesmen here,
you don't have to buy a funeral urn.
-You don't?
-No. No.
They have some nice things
at the Merry Christmas Tree Shop there,
and HomeGoods store.
-[Ginger] HomeGoods store?
-[man] Yeah.
[Ginger] I will make a note
about that and get back with you.
Absolutely. Yep.
[crickets chirping]
-[woman 1] I went to see Marsha yesterday.
-[woman 2] Oh, yeah.
[woman 1] Well, we took a little ride.
She can't--
They won't let her out
of her wheelchair,
-but she uses her feet.
-[woman 2] No, but did she fall?
-[woman 1] Twice.
-[Ginger] Who gets it? High or low?
-I have the king.
-Ursula.
Ursula's got even.
Good job, Ursula. Good job.
I'm glad you brought the shuffler, Carol.
Do you want any honey in it?
[Ursula] No, I'm good.
[Ginger] My daughter Marge
just got a small beehive.
[Ursula] That's a lot of fun.
-My grandfather had bees.
-Yes, she wants to start with some bees.
-Okay.
-And we made the honey.
You know, after-- Yeah.
My brother had a beehive,
but the bears came and--
-[Ursula] Oh, that's a problem.
-Yeah.
[Ginger] Shall I make a canasta?
Or shall I wait? It's early.
[Carol] It's early, not-- Yeah.
[Ginger] All right.
I'll give you a three, Ursula.
-[woman] Oh, God.
-[Carol] I knew you'd like that.
[Ursula] I don't know either.
-[Ginger] We accomplished a lot this week.
-[Carol] I think Ursula--
And yesterday, we completed
-the cremation process.
-Oh.
-So, we're feeling good about that.
-[all] Yeah.
[Carol] And I want my ashes
put in a ceramic cat.
-[laughter]
-You know what was interesting yesterday?
-Yeah? What did he say?
-He told us that we can just go
to the Christmas Tree Shop
and purchase a container for our ashes.
So, I could get a ceramic cat!
-[Ginger] Instead of buying one from them.
-Yeah.
-That's one of the best--
-One, two, three, four, five, six nines.
-That's one--
-Ursula?
-[Ginger laughs]
-Look at how happy she is.
-Thank you, girls.
-Bye, Ginger.
Yeah. You're welcome, partner.
-My partner.
-My partner.
-Yeah.
-But they'll make us split next time.
[birdsong]
[sighs]
[lawnmower engine puttering]
[Ginger] You just have to step down
a couple steps.
[Pam] Close your eyes. We'll walk in the
middle of the yard and all start at once.
-[Ginger] Go ahead. Yeah!
-[Pam] Have fun!
[Ginger] One, two, three, go! [laughs]
Yeah, they headed home today.
-He and Emily headed home.
-[laughter]
[laughing]
Catch them if you can.
[both laughing]
Good girl.
Charlie.
-Charlie, you look in, I'll look here.
-Okay.
Can you see me now?
Can you see me now, Charlie?
[Doug] He's not looking yet, Grandpa.
What?
Can you see me?
[Doug] There you go! There you go.
Whoa! Spin it!
No, no, no, no. He's gonna push me.
[clippers buzzing]
[Ginger] It hasn't been difficult
growing older,
except all of a sudden, I feel like…
maybe I ought
to be watching over him more.
But he's almost 85.
He's doing good.
I think that's good enough.
Let's look. Let's see.
Turn around. Keep turning.
I think those are just loose. Let's see.
[birdsong]
[Ginger] I think I can, I think I can,
I think I can.
[chuckles]
I can't get over the dandelions, though.
How they grow.
There's the white trilliums.
I'm looking for the adder tongues.
They're late because
-there's been such a cold spring.
-[David] Mmm.
[Ginger] Where'd you think
you heard the owl?
[David] Sounded like it was down
this end of the woods.
[Ginger] Jeez.
I forget.
Haven't been here on this side.
Look at this.
[David] This is where I want my ashes.
Just through here.
[Ginger] Yep.
-Oh, I like this, right here.
-[David] Through here.
Yep. Right along
the edge of the sugar bush.
Yeah?
Beautiful, beautiful day.
[birdsong]
Do we have enough slicers?
-[Mike] No? No.
-[laughs]
[woman] John, is it you
who makes the fudge?
[man] I am one of them.
[John] Ginger makes the other.
You know, it's not as busy.
You know, we used to serve…
a thousand people, almost,
within an hour and a half--
-I read where we served 500.
-[David] A tall order.
-[John] What? 500's nothin'.
-[Ginger] In the history--
[John] The ones we got from China.
That was--
[sirens wailing]
[horns blaring]
[bells ringing]
[laughter]
[brass band playing]
[motorcycle engine revving]
Yep. That's done.
[cheering]
[whistle blowing]
[cheering and applause]
Can I have a seat next to you, Henry?
-Is that okay?
-I love your bonnet.
-Ooh! Thank you.
-[man] Careful out there.
[folk band playing]
[David] Guess who's comin'?
[Marge] Oh! Yeah, she's waving at you!
[church bell ringing]
It says, "You've seen our church,
you've seen our steeple,
now come inside and meet our people."
She must be hot, though, huh?
-[David] She sees you now.
-Oh! Yeah, she does.
[David chuckles]
[brass band playing "The Liberty Bell"]
-Hi, there.
-[girl] Hi.
-[Ginger] Happy Fourth.
-[woman] Four dollars?
[man] Chocolate or strawberry?
You like strawberry?
-[woman] You want strawberries as well?
-[man] I want the whole shebang.
[David] You want some too?
-[child] Yeah!
-[David] Yeah?
[man] Yeah.
[fireworks going off]
Mmm.
Hey, there's one way up there too.
I wonder if they had fireworks
when our parents were young.
-I don't remember.
-We didn't have 'em back then.
Well, not-- not like this.
The only ones I saw,
they had in their hands,
-ran around with…
-Sparklers.
I do remember those.
[Ginger] It's a great way to end the day,
though, on the Fourth.
[crickets chirping]
Mm-hm…
-[David] Puttin' your fingerprints in it?
-[Ginger] Mm-hm.
You gonna send them to the FBI?
DNA?
You don't want
any corn for tonight, do you?
If you want it, yeah, sure.
If you want to get
a couple of ears, or four.
I'll have one.
Um…
[man] Right here, in front.
You can change your will.
If one of you dies,
you can come back and haunt each other.
-[Ginger] Mm-hm.
-[man] But, uh, it's…
it causes problems
if you say a will can't be changed.
So, you're trusting each other
not to make changes
that you don't-- would not be appropriate.
-Exactly. That's fine. I agree with that.
-You've been married a long time.
-Yes.
-I'm not too concerned about that part.
Good. [laughs]
Now, what item three does, first,
is it says it leaves
all your personal property
-to each other.
-[Ginger] Mm-hm.
-And then it leaves it to your children.
-[mouthing]
[Ginger] Okay.
Powers of attorney
are powerful documents, okay?
First, they only apply while you're alive.
Once you're-- once you're passed away,
these don't have any meaning.
A lot of my clients say,
"If I'm not gettin' better,
-um… pull the plug."
-[Ginger] Yes.
And I have a short,
simple document that does that.
And it's a question
of letting your family know what you want,
so your family does what you want.
So we need to set them all down
at one time and let them know.
[man] Well, yes.
[Ginger] So, we'll get
all the kids together
and we'll let them know all this.
[birdsong]
-Okay.
-[woman] These are your boarding passes.
The one circled
is your return ticket. Okay?
We came out here a year ago.
Coming back,
the full moon was so beautiful.
[woman] Aww. Well, you picked a great day,
that's for sure.
-Oh, today is nice.
-[woman] It's just gorgeous.
[Ginger] What's on your hand there?
Oh, that's been there for a long time.
[Ginger] Look a little swollen there.
[David] Your skin seems thinner now
than it used to be?
-[Ginger] It's thinner.
-[David] Mine is too.
-[Ginger] No, it isn't.
-[David] I think it is.
[Ginger] No. No, no, no.
[Ginger] Loved you
From the start, honey ♪
You almost broke my heart, honey ♪
Nothing else could be so funny, honey ♪
But it's true ♪
[laughs]
[David laughing]
[boat horn blares]
[David] Just because
You think you're so pretty ♪
[both] Just because
You think you're so hot ♪
Just because
You think you got somethin' ♪
That nobody else has got ♪
You laughed
And made me spend all my money ♪
♪You laughed
And called me old Santy Claus ♪
Well, I'm telling you, baby ♪
I'm through with you, baby ♪
Because, just because ♪
[church bell ringing]
The art gallery's not open.
A lot of stores are closed now.
[people screaming]
[applause]
[cheering]
That would scare me to death. Look!
[pop music playing]
How you doin', guys? Are we havin' fun?
[Ginger] Yes! [laughs]
Are you ready to make him
win you one like he used to?
-[Ginger] Yes!
-Yeah?
How long have you guys been married?
Almost 60 years.
Holy moly! Well, God bless that.
-[David] Any time?
-Get set.
[bell rings]
Let it go, let it flow
Hippity hoppity ♪
Up she goes, tip, tip, toppity! ♪
I think I didn't get it.
-And it looks like number 11 got it.
-[bell rings]
Good job, guys.
-Oh, I like that one.
-That's a perfect one.
Oh, the glasses are in the way.
[David chuckles]
[Ginger] Somebody asked me
the secret to a long marriage.
Because we each had our own role…
I was involved with the children,
he was involved with the farm,
I think when we could get together,
it was really special.
[David] We're still nice to each other.
There's-- there's no hollerin',
no swearin', all that stuff.
If we had a disagreement,
we settle it within a day or two.
No big deal.
[woman] Take the prize, guys!
[David] Huggin' her, kissin' her…
[chuckles]
[laughing] …cures a lot of problems.
[birdsong]
I can't tell…
[woman] Why'd you bring the children?
Oh! [continues indistinctly]
[all] Surprise!
[all cheering and applauding]
Gina! Jason! Oh, my gosh!
[Ginger] Guess what?
[David] I stayed home and played cards.
[laughs]
[man] Sixty years ago, a young fella
named David Isham, from the farm here,
married the Belle of Bristol.
[laughter]
However…
there is one thing
that's bothered
the family and the neighborhood
for a long time.
And we're gonna try
and straighten it out today.
Mmm! Oh, you're looking good,
belle of the ball. Yes, sir.
David. All right.
Now, the reason you're up here is the…
beginning of the marriage
was a little bit skeptical.
There was some thought,
ladies and gentlemen, family friends,
some thought that this couple
lived for ten years of their married life
in sin.
[laughter]
In total sin!
Because their marriage
was never… never recorded,
they didn't think.
Not in the town.
For ten years, it was never recorded
that David and Ginger were married.
What happened during that ten years?
Six children were born!
[laughter]
Today we want to make sure this is legal.
To make sure that
this is all legal and proper this time.
And so, Ginger and David,
we rejoice to celebrate with you
the renewal of your marriage covenant.
And it is a renewal.
And so, Ginger,
I ask that you repeat after me.
"David, I am blessed to be your wife."
David, I am blessed to be your wife.
"And I promise anew…"
And I promise anew…
"…to love and sustain you…"
…to love and sustain you…
"…in the covenant of marriage…"
…in the covenant of marriage…
"…in sickness and in health…"
…in sickness and in health…
"…in plenty and in want…"
…in plenty and in want…
"…in joy and in sorrow…"
…in joy and in sorrow…
"…as long as we both shall live."
…as long as both shall live.
"Those whom God has joined together,
let no one separate."
And David, you may kiss the bride.
-[Ginger] Oh!
-[man] Mm-hm!
[cheering and applause]
[whistling]
[laughter]
-Aah!
-I knew it was gonna happen.
Oh, my!
-Mmm! Okay.
-Yummy.
[thunder rumbling]
[Ginger] I put the celery for you
and the cucumbers for me.
When we go into Middlebury,
let's go to the soap company
and then go to the museum.
Do you remember what was happening
60 years ago on a day like this?
It wasn't raining as hard,
but it was a nasty day.
Cloudy.
Yeah, but I think your sister
Shirley might've made the wedding cake.
I've gotta ask her when I see her.
I went and got my hair done in Vergennes,
and I didn't like the way she did it.
-I didn't know the difference. [chuckles]
-I know!
Hmph.
-We gotta get movin'.
-Yeah.
I'll take care of this.
[Ginger] I like museums.
-You went in there with me, didn't you?
-[David] No, I don't think so.
But my brain's gettin' old,
so I can't remember.
[Ginger] Well, that's to be expected…
[laughs]
…at our age.
It's not necessary to rub it in.
[David humming]
[woman] The last name is Isham?
-Correct? David and Virginia?
-Yes. Yes.
You have dinner tonight for two
at six o'clock.
-Correct? Very good.
-[Ginger] Mm-hm.
So, you were both about 12
when you got married, is that about right?
-Well, you look great.
-Nineteen.
-I robbed the-- the cradle.
-[receptionist] Uh-oh!
-Twenty-four. Nineteen.
-Ohhh!
-Something must've been right, right?
-Yes. Yes!
[receptionist laughs]
[receptionist] The honeymoon suite.
I mean, anniversary suite.
-[laughing]
-[David] Coming at you.
-[Ginger] Oh, my, my.
-[receptionist] Well, congratulations.
-It's been a pleasure meeting you.
-Well, thank you.
-Oh, my goodness.
-Have fun tonight.
Thank you very much.
[Ginger] Rolaid? Rolodex.
[applause on television]
-All right, there.
-Just a minute, girl.
All right.
[both chuckling]
[David] We had a good day, didn't we?
[Ginger] For sure we did.
I love you.
I love you, too.
I don't know how we got through
all the years we did with all six.
The six kids
and farming and all the activities.
And here we are today.
[Mike] Somebody else wanna go
for a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch?
[woman] Yes.
I don't think there's cows.
-[child 1] Okay.
-There you go.
[child 2] I'm gonna pick
the perfect pumpkin.
-The perfect pumpkin.
-Thank you!
[Mike] It's like picking
the perfect Christmas tree.
-Right?
-[children] Right.
[birdsong]
[crickets chirping]
[Ginger] I decided that I wanted to have
my ashes be buried with my mom and dad.
Going back to where my life began.
[David] Uh, will your name
be here too at the end?
Yeah, it'll be inscribed
somewhere on one of these stones.
Prob-- We'll have to have a new one,
probably.
Maybe near the back. I don't know.
It'll be up to you if I go first.
You'll have to decide.
You'll have to take care of it. [laughs]
[David] Hmm.
[Ginger] When the north wind blows,
David's ashes will come up
where he can visit me.
When the wind blows the opposite way,
then I'll come down, see him.
[Helen] Oh, my God!
Jeezum Crow.
It's gonna separate the ladies
from the girls, the next few hands.
[David] Yeah.
[Ginger] I gotta check 'em out.
Wait a sec here.
Are you gonna take it,
or just gonna look at it?
[Ginger] When we met Helen,
she said to me,
"I hope that your family won't think
that I'm moving in and taking over."
I said, "Helen, nobody thinks that."
Right in the beginning when--
She's the best thing
that ever happened to Michael.
-I have the king of hearts.
-[David] Well, I got three of 'em.
[Ginger] People tell me how lucky we are
that we have Michael and Helen next door.
This is the way we're playing this hand,
just to confuse you, Grandpa. [laughs]
-[David laughs] I'm confused already.
-[Helen] Aww!
[Ginger] If you're living in a community
where everybody's your age,
you lose the connection
between the different generations
and sharing and seeing and learning.
[Helen] Right. You can just do it
right from a phone. [laughs]
-Oh! Hallelujah.
-[David] Got me.
-Oh! Dang it! He had-- he had your king!
-[Ginger laughing]
-[David] You got robbed.
-[Helen] If I'd played differently,
I would've got all 26.
-Darn it all!
-[David] Bad luck.
-[Ginger] I'm sharing 'em between you!
-Blech! I'm throwing up now.
[David] Well, I'm done. Thank God.
[Ginger] That was a great hand.
You handed me the right cards.
-Helen, you should get the booby prize.
-[Mike] I get the booby prize.
-[Helen] Oh, God!
-[all laughing]
No comment.
[crickets chirping]
[Helen] So, Pastor Paul asked…
[continues indistinctly]
[Ginger] Your turn next.
-[applause]
-[Ginger] Oh, Helen.
[cheering and laughter]
I understand that there are now
11 generations of Ishams
who have lived in Vermont.
Helen's ancestors in this state
date back at least seven generations.
These are people, Mike and Helen,
who are deeply connected
to this incredible corner of creation
that we call Vermont.
Sixty years ago,
a man named David Isham
married a woman from Bristol named Ginger.
-[laughter]
-Yes.
Today, a man named Michael David Isham
marries a woman from Bristol…
[laughter]
…named Helen.
There must be something very special
about women in Bristol.
-[cheering and laughter]
-[woman] Yeah!
[Ginger] Dad wants me to do the talking.
[David] Yep, you're good at it.
First of all, we're gonna be cremated.
Both of you?
[Ginger] Yes, it's gonna be
the same for both of us.
When we pass away, no visiting hours.
-[Doug] No?
-[Ginger] Just a memorial service.
No 45-minute talk from people about us.
Here are some readings
that you might choose.
The Farmer's Creed, Life on the Farm…
I never get rid of my pictures,
so now I have it for sure.
[Mike] Anybody in particular
you want to read anything?
No, but I would assume maybe
some of our kids would read these.
Same with your father's.
-[Mike] Who do you not want invited?
-[laughing] Yeah, there you go!
[Doug] The whole town's gonna show up.
We know that.
You want any kind
of memorial here on the farm?
Any kind of stone with dates on it
or anything like that?
[David] You know how it is,
you go into a cemetery,
you see all their names there?
Who-- who are they? Nobody I know.
Just some-- just some stories.
You read 'em.
[Tom] So you plant a giant maple
and you put a plaque next to it.
A grandfather maple or a grandfather oak.
[Doug] Simple enough.
[geese calling]
[mouthing]
[yawns]
-[David] See Nancy Stone's name in there?
-Yep.
[David snoring]
[Ginger sighs]
[yawns]
-Hey, Cassidy.
-Hey, Claudia.
[man] That's good.
[Mike] Thank you for supporting the farm.
-Love it.
-We'll see you in the summer.
-[laughs] Blueberries?
-Blueberries and chickens.
Yummy! Okay.
How come there's lipstick
all over the top of that coffee cup?
[David] I get outdoors, start walkin',
my hands, my arms start hurtin'.
[Ginger] What if you put
your hands up like this?
-Put 'em both up around to your chest.
-I do that, different things.
-[Ginger] Yeah. Do that. That might help.
-I did.
-[Ginger] That make 'em feel better?
-No.
[Ginger] Hmm.
I'm looking at it from this angle,
and where you have an open space here,
longer decorations can hang.
That one's wide too, though.
-It's almost the same.
-What's this over here?
[Ginger] That one there?
I'll do the honor of cuttin' it down
if you let me know which one you want.
Are you ready?
[Ginger] You ready? Are you ready?
Yeah, I think so.
Leave a stem long enough for the pot.
If we have to cut it off, that's okay.
The branches. I think that'll be okay.
We want a Charlie Brown tree.
That way. Okay.
I think that'll be perfect.
This one's almost too small.
[David] You had it easy, bringing it up.
-Now, I'm taking it down with a load.
-[Ginger laughs]
-You're the one with all the muscles.
-[David] Yeah!
-[Ginger] That's why you're carrying it.
-I'm not carrying it.
-I'm pullin' it.
-[Ginger] Pulling it.
[David] You gotta have lights there
so Santy Claus can see it.
[Ginger] I know.
[chuckling] That needs some adjustment,
all right.
[laughs]
Let's see, here.
Well, it's good to be alive
for another Christmas, huh?
[Ginger] Yeah, isn't it?
You never know, do you?
-[laughs]
-You never know.
You know how to do this?
Wait a minute. Then your beads will show.
Oh, thank you, Carolyn.
I need somebody to help me dress.
Yeah.
[buzz of conversation]
-[Mike] Hey.
-[Ginger] Okay, come on.
We'll come up. Quick. Come on. Come on.
-Come on.
-Okay, everybody ready?
-I'm ready.
-No, I'm not ready.
-Red rover. On three.
-There we go.
On three. One, two, three.
Hail, hail! ♪
The old gang's here ♪
What the hell do we care now? ♪
[cheering and laughter]
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
-[Helen] That's reindeer!
-[Ginger] The party is started now!
-[laughing]
-[piano playing]
[women] When we finally kiss goodnight ♪
-Whit-whoo!
-How I'll hate going out in the storm ♪
But if you really hold me tight ♪
All the way home, I'll be warm ♪
[piano plays "Jingle Bell Rock"]
…bell rock ♪
Jingle bells swing
And jingle bells ring ♪
Dancin' and prancin'
In la-la-la Square ♪
In the… air ♪
What a bright time
It's the right time ♪
To rock the night away ♪
-Jingle bell time is a swell time ♪
-Da, da, da, da! ♪
-To go gliding… horse sleigh! ♪
-Oh, la, la, da, dee ♪
Da-dun! ♪
Take your baby aspirins.
Doesn't it feel good to get in bed?
Okay, you.
[both chuckling]
-Oh.
-[David] Okay.
How am I gonna get warm
with your cold body?
[chuckles] It's cold.
It's cold in here.
[David] I'm not. I'm all right.
[Ginger laughing] Yes, you are. Yeah.
-Yeah, right.
-[David] Good night, dear. Mmm!
-[kissing]
-We had a good day, didn't we?
[Ginger sighs]
[owl hooting]
When you see the vapor pillar ♪
Link the forest and the sky ♪
Then you'll know the sugar-making
Season's drawing nigh ♪
Frosty night and thawy day ♪
Make the maple pulses play ♪
Till congested by their sweetness ♪
They delight to bleed away ♪
Then bubble, bubble, bubble ♪
Bubble, bubble goes the pan ♪
Furnish better music ♪
For the season if you can ♪
See the golden billows ♪
Watch their ebb and flow ♪
Sweetest joys indeed ♪
We sugar makers know ♪
When you see the farmer trudging ♪
With his dripping buckets home ♪
Then you'll know the sugar making ♪
Season, it has come ♪
Fragrant odors pour ♪
Through the open cabin door ♪
Till eager children rally ♪
Ever calling loudly, "More!" ♪
Then bubble, bubble, bubble ♪
Bubble, bubble goes the pan ♪
Furnish better music ♪
For the season if you can ♪
See the golden billows ♪
Watch their ebb and flow ♪
Sweetest joys indeed ♪
We sugar makers know ♪
So you say you don't believe it? ♪
Take a saucer and a spoon ♪
Though you're sourer than a lemon ♪
You'll be sweeter very soon! ♪
For the greenest leaves you see ♪
On the spreading maple tree ♪
They sip and sip all summer… ♪
[children laughing]
[seabirds calling]
[waves rushing]