Heartwarming / Now and Then

• Teeny and especially Chrissy make a Heartwarming Moment in the attic after Roberta has a breakdown about her mother and the truth about Johnny, and Sam tells the others about her parents' divorce:
  Teeny: Screw 'em. You guys have us.
  Chrissy: I say we make a pact here and now. We're here for each other, always. No matter what happens in life. If Teeny goes off to Hollywood or I marry a rich doctor... we remember this day and this pact. When we need a friend we're there for each other. We can count on it. No matter what.
• Sam's scene with Pete in the graveyard, especially "But you were there for me."
• Roberta delivering Chrissy's baby and sharing a warm look between them.
• "Roberta, you're my best friend."
• Teeny mentioning that she had been sending Crazy Pete a Christmas card with some money in it every year.
• Sam snuggling under the blankets with her little sister as their parents heatedly argue downstairs.
• Easy to not notice, but Sam's grandmother, despite treating her daughter-in-law pretty rudely, truly cares about Sam.
• Chrissy's husband is revealed to be Morton Williams. "Hello, Dear."
• Perhaps YMMV but Chrissy seems to be the happiest of all the girls as an adult. As a kid, the others teased her for being so conservative and ladylike, and the movie sort of treats her like the Buttmonkey, but look at her—she grew up in a happy family, married her childhood sweetheart, kept her mother's home in her safe little hometown, and now has a baby daughter to love. She doesn't have Sam's angst that has torn her apart for years, or Teeny's relationship issues, or was lied to by a parent about her other parent's death like Roberta. She seems very content and fulfilled with her "simple" life as a married homemaker, and that's wonderful.
• Teeny comforting Sam when she breaks down over the fact that her parents are getting a divorce, even making Sam a friendship bracelet out of her own necklace.
  • And for that matter, Chrissy being the first to comfort Roberta after the latter's aforementioned breakdown above; especially considering Chrissy was the most upset and angry towards Roberta when she faked her death earlier in the movie.