:07:02
So that's why he stopped writing me.
:07:07
He was very upset
when the orphanage closed.
:07:11
Curtis was the closest thing to a dad
Jake and I ever had.
:07:15
He gave us the music.
:07:17
The Lord works in mysterious ways,
Elwood.
:07:20
We must go on and fight the good fight.
:07:23
The orphanage is gone, Jake's gone,
Curtis is gone.
:07:26
I got no brother, no roots, no life.
I got nothing!
:07:31
Young man...
:07:35
...you were not taught and raised by me...
:07:37
...to fold at the slightest whiff
of adverse circumstances.
:07:42
Now quit your silly moping,
pull yourself together and snap out of it!
:07:47
But...
:07:49
But nothing! Wise up!
Turn your heart to the Creator.
:07:53
You are so quick to despair.
:07:55
You are not the only person in the world
who has had tragedy in their lives.
:08:00
Did you know that Curtis had a son?
:08:04
Curtis had a son?
:08:07
Before Curtis came to us
at St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud...
:08:11
...he had a musical group
that toured juke joints in the Midwest.
:08:15
In one town, Curtis had an affair
with a married woman.
:08:20
Go, Curtis.
:08:23
I mean, that's terrible.
:08:26
That's what I thought you meant.
:08:28
The woman became pregnant
and decided to stay with her husband...
:08:32
...never telling him
that the boy child wasn't his.
:08:36
Curtis was devastated.
:08:38
He came to us as a custodian...
:08:40
...and spent the rest of his life
caring for little orphans like you.
:08:55
That's a beautiful story.