Letters

Steve wrote to Ronnie multiple times during the three years after he left the family, but Ronnie refused to read the letters. During the final months of Steve's illness, Ronnie finally reads these letters as well as a new one her father has written for her.

Song

Steve begins composing a new song shortly after Ronnie and Jonah arrive in North Carolina, but struggles to get it just right. Ronnie fixes the song for Steve and plays it for him in the weeks before his death.

Piano

Steve has a piano in his house that he often plays to keep the pain from his cancer under control. When Ronnie arrives, she thinks her father plays the piano to entice her back to playing it so she tells him she never wants to see it again. Steve walls up the piano to make Ronnie happy and it remains...