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[MyKatherine1814 (FP🤔🤨🧐🫶🏼) @mykatherine1814]

It's 11:11 where I am, let's make a wish🌠🤞🏼, and talk about the petition...

It was always a team effort…

I never started this petition believing there were guarantees.

I knew the odds.

I knew the uncertainty.

I knew that loving something this deeply meant accepting the possibility that one day our hearts might break.

Because hope asks something of us.

Hope asks us to risk being devastated.

But a Landry never gives up hope. 🤞🏻🤞🏼🤞🏽🤞🏾🤞🏿

And neither do Ponderers.

Because we were never just signatures on a page.

We were never just numbers.

We became thousands of hearts beating with the same love.

Twenty-five thousand people, scattered across countries and time zones, somehow finding one another because a little show about grief, family, forgiveness, and love touched something sacred inside us.

Twenty-five thousand people saying:

This matters.

These characters matter.

These stories matter.

And the people who created them matter.

We didn't come together because we were promised another season.

We came together because some things are worth fighting for even when your heart trembles at the thought of losing them.

And if, when all is said and done, we cannot help save The Way Home…

Then I hope we never forget this:

We showed up.

We fought.

We loved.

We hoped.

We refused to quietly watch something beautiful disappear without telling the world what it meant to us.

Because silence was never worthy of this story.

But this journey was never only about saving a show.

It was about gratitude.

A gratitude so profound it hurts.

To the cast.

To the writers.

To the crew.

To every person whose hands and hearts brought Port Haven to life.

Thank you.

Thank you for every laugh that caught us off guard.

For every tear we cried alone at night.

For every scene that somehow understood us.

For every silence that spoke louder than words.

For every reminder that grief and love are sisters.

For every lesson about forgiveness.

For every miracle hidden inside ordinary moments.

For teaching us that family isn't only who we're born to.

Family is who we return to.

Again and again.

And perhaps that is why this hurts so much.

Because somewhere along the way…

Port Haven stopped being a place we visited.

It became home.

And the Landrys stopped being characters we watched.

They became people we carried with us.

Their joys became our joys.

Their heartbreaks became our heartbreaks.

Their hope became our hope.

And through them, we remembered something we so often forget:

That time is precious.

That tomorrow is never promised.

That love should never be left unsaid.

That grief exists because love existed first.

And that sometimes…

all we are given…

is five more minutes.

Five more minutes with the people we love.

Five more minutes to say what matters.

Five more minutes to hold on.

Five more minutes to laugh.

Five more minutes to believe.

And somehow…

that becomes everything.

So while there is still time…

Let's keep showing up.

Let's keep fighting.

Let's keep rewatching.

Let's keep introducing new people to Port Haven.

Let's keep telling Netflix how much this story means.

Let's keep sharing the petition.

Let's keep posting.

Let's keep tagging.

Let's keep being loud.

Not because algorithms matter more than love—

But because love deserves to be seen.

Because stories like this don't come around often.

Because miracles sometimes happen.

Because hope is still hope, even when tears are falling.

And because somewhere, maybe, just maybe…

another season is still possible.

And if it is…

I want the world to know that Ponderers never stopped believing.

But whatever happens next…

Whatever tomorrow brings…

I hope every single Ponderer knows this:

We became part of the story, too.

Not just as viewers.

Not just as fans.

But as a family.

We held each other through uncertainty.

We carried hope when it felt too heavy.

We cried together.

We laughed together.

We loved together.

And perhaps that is the greatest gift The Way Home ever gave us.

Not just memories.

Not just mysteries.

Not just five more minutes.

But each other.

And one day, many years from now, when people ask why we fought so hard for a television show, I think the answer will be simple.

Because it was never just a television show.

It was comfort.

It was healing.

It was hope.

It was grief.

It was forgiveness.

It was love.

It was home.

And home is never something you stop fighting for.

So let's keep going, Ponderers.

Keep streaming.

Keep rewatching.

Keep sharing.

Keep tagging Netflix.

Keep using #SaveTheWayHome.

Keep using #TheWayHome.

Keep telling everyone why this story matters.

Because as long as there is hope…

As long as there are Ponderers…

As long as there are hearts willing to believe…

The story isn't over.

And neither are we. 🫶🏻🫶🏼🫶🏽🫶🏾🫶🏿

@Ne #FiveMoreMinutes 🙏🏼

And fellow fans please keep signing and sharing the free petition... We will never know if we don't try:

https://t.co/VfSgBuWymc

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@TiffanyC_TWHMod @TheWayHomeX @netflix @kellyclarkson @DrewBarrymore lol!! Loved Spats!! ❤️😂

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@RevivedThoughts David Crowder

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@RevivedThoughts Jeremy Camp. He just toured with Skillet awhile back.

[MyKatherine1814 (FP🤔🤨🧐🫶🏼) @mykatherine1814]

As we go into the remaining hours before the finale... It's important to have gratitude for the gift The Way Home has been for fans is something truly special. Endless thanks to the cast, crew, and every person who has helped create the magic behind it ✨ The finale may be the last jump in the pond we take together, but the story will live on in our hearts🫀in the way it touched the places within us that felt broken, and somehow helped us find pieces🧩 of ourselves again❤️‍🔥
🫶🏻🫶🏼🫶🏽🫶🏾🫶🏿
@sadielsnow @evan_m_williams @chy_leigh @JordanDoww @jeffersonb76 @alymarieli @juliatomasone @devincecchetto @Gallanders58415 @companytheatre @Charlesdv12 @kelseyfalconer @DaleWhibley @SamoraGloria @_alexhook @KrisHolden_Ried @Miranda_Millar and all the other cast and crew♾️

A Love Letter💌From A Ponderer
By: Francesca Anna Pedler

In a world that rushes past the heart,
This story asks us not to part
From all the joys and wounds we bear,
But find the hidden meaning there.

The pond was more than a doorway through years,
It was memory itself, holding laughter and tears;
A reflection of everyone longing to know
If the moments we've lost ever truly let go.

We sought Easter eggs, for twists yet unknown,
Yet stayed for a family that felt like our own;
For mothers and daughters, for wounds left unhealed,
For truths long forgotten that time had concealed.

Somewhere between every sorrow and clue,
The story became something gentler and true;
A place for the grieving, the hopeful, the worn,
Where hearts can be broken and still be reborn.

Its gift is not in time alone,
Nor mysteries the pond has known,
But in the quiet, steadfast grace
Of souls still searching for their place.

We see ourselves in every flaw,
In every lesson learned with awe;
For none are written as complete...
They're human, fragile, incomplete.

Del, with grief she cannot name,
Yet still keeps tending love's small flame.
Kat, chasing answers through the years,
Confronting loss and buried fears.
Alice, standing in between,
Discovering what love can mean.

Their brokenness is what feels true,
A mirror gently held to view;
For who among us has not tried
To heal the hurts we keep inside?

The show reminds us hearts can bend,
That fractured bonds can learn to mend;
That understanding, softly won,
Can warm the places grief has shunned.

And fans return because they find
A rare kind of comfort intertwined...
Not promises that pain will cease,
But faith that sorrow still finds peace.

"11:11 — make a wish" would appear,
A whisper reminding us something is near;
That wonder still lives in a world full of pain,
And what's been lost may not be gone forever again.

So many stories fade away,
Forgotten with another day;
Yet this one lingers, like a friend,
Whose words stay with us in the end.

"Five more minutes"...
For closure, one more thing to say.
One more chance to hold close what time carried away.
One more laugh, one more embrace, one more memory to keep.
One more look, one more knock, one more bounding leap.

Now we stand by the water and look toward the end,
Not just losing a series, but saying goodbye to a friend;
Knowing soon may come the last jump in the pond,
The final journey for those we've grown fond.

And somehow our hearts are both grateful and sore,
For we know what this story was always meant for;
To remind us that time is a gift, not a thief,
That hope can stand taller than sorrow or grief.

"A Landry NEVER gives up HOPE" became
More than a line or a family's refrain;
It became something many of us chose to do...
Keep believing in light when the darkness felt true.
.
.
.

Because beneath its timeworn art
Lives something deeper than its plot:

A hope that love survives regret,
That those we've lost aren't finished yet,
And that no matter where we roam,

The journey will always lead us...
The Way Home.

🫶🏻🫶🏼🫶🏽🫶🏾🫶🏿

@netflix so please #SaveTheWayHome because fans are #HookedOnTheWayHome and want #FiveMoreMinutes to see this beautiful story of #TheWayHome finish unfolding.

🫶🏻🫶🏼🫶🏽🫶🏾🫶🏿
And if you haven't please sign and share the free petition ✍🏽:
https://t.co/VfSgBuWymc

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@janettemsu @hallmarkchannel @AcornTV @jeffersonb76 Agree 💯❤️

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@thewayhome1974 @TVInsider @TheWayHomeX @hallmarkchannel Poor Fern. But this explains why the pond left Kat behind. To be with Fern.

[TWH4Ever @TomKat114923]

20,000!!!! PONDERERS!!!!

FEED THE MONSTER. THE DEMAND IS THERE. #SaveTheWayHome #ALandryNeverGivesUpHOPE
#TheWayHome
petition:https://t.co/EDA6tYkodu
nentflix requests: https://t.co/g9pAdClllm

[Tiffany C. @TiffanyC_TWHMod]

Ponderers did you see this? KEEP GOING!!! #SaveTheWayHome @netflix @hallmarkchannel (Link in comment thread) 💃🎶🕺🌊🫶😉 We Need MORE @TheWayHomeX

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@Hot_Pepper76 Winds of March

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@ThatEricAlper Mark Lester (Oliver Twist)

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@Hot_Pepper76 That isn’t John Denver on that album cover.

[AJ @thewayhome1974]

sneak peek 👀 e10 #thewayhome

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Sneak preview!! On FB. Kat gets Elliot to the pond and Alice/Jacob get there.

https://t.co/qYaavwOUsZ

#TheWayHome
#Ponderers

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@sprksflyswft She’s going to heal Elliot maybe?!

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@Stay2uned3 Who’s that coming out of the pond? I can’t tell.

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I wonder if Kat gets Elliot back to Susanna in the 1800’s to heal his wound? Like she healed Kat. I can’t figure out how they’d have time to do that being that there is only one episode left though.
#TheWayHome
#Ponderers

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@mykatherine1814 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Tiffany C. @TiffanyC_TWHMod]

#SavestheWayHome Also remember to fill out this Netflix Request Form.👇https://t.co/sy3S5Nv9ry

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@hallmarkhomegrl I think he’s torn out of the group photo and Alice is torn out of the photo with Tessa and baby Elliot.