Hope Floats Monologues

Birdee Calvert must choose between her morals and her heart after her husband divorces her and a charming young man, who her daughter disapproves of, comes back into her life.

Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome. That's what momma always says. She says that beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. Try to remember that when you find yourself at a new beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up. And it will, too...

Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome.

I would have stayed with you forever. I would have turned myself inside out for you.

You think that I don't know that? I know that I'm not what I once was. I know that! But I haven't changed so much, that I would go and lie to someone that I love. God, I would walk through fire before I'd let them feel like they were nothing! And I would never break up anybody's home. Because I am not a quitter. I care about my family! I may not be the same person, but then again, neither are you. You're sad, you're weak, and you're… shorter. If you want to know the truth.

Then you should take it. If that's how you feel then you should take it. You and Connie deserve each other. You were lucky to have me. But you know what? I think I already got the best part of you. And she's standing right out there, and she's waiting for me. I don't know… what's left just doesn't look so good anymore. So why'd you come back? You want my permission? You want my… condolences? Why did you come back?

You know, I always thought I was gonna be, I don't know, special. But I'm not. I'm just… I'm just an ordinary person. And that's OK. Because… you make me special. Don't you know that? Don't you know that you're everything in this world to me? And we're gonna make it through this because we are a team. Birdee and Bernice, the coolest chicks in Smithville. So don't you ever think about leaving me again… because I need you. I love you.

I would walk through fire before I would break up a family, because I'm not a quitter.

I always thought that I was going to be, I don't know… special. But I'm not. I'm just… just an ordinary person. And that's ok. 'Cause you make me special. Don't you know that? Don't you know that you are everything in this world to me?