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With 'The Mom Every Other Kid Wanted,' She Was An Only Child But Never Alone
Growing up, Mary Mills saw her mom, Joyce Carter Mills, spread her joy and love to other kids in the neighborhood. "No other parents were that fun," Mary said. "Everybody wanted to be at our house."
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2 Sisters On Enjoying Life: Instead Of 'A Drama Or A Novela, Make It A Sitcom'
As kids whose parents worked full time, Corina Ulloa and Brenda Ulloa Martinez spent a lot of time looking after one another in their Los Angeles neighborhood. Corina said it made them who they are.
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'I Have Wings Now': At Age 45, She Went Back To School
In 10th grade, Ngoc Nguyen dropped out of school in Vietnam to support her family. After earning a GED in the U.S., she told her teacher how much she appreciates the energy he gave to his students.
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'Do What's Right And Have Fun': Remembering A Mother With A Fighting Spirit
Rosella Liscum died at age 101 last week after contracting COVID-19. At StoryCorps in 2012, she told her daughter, "Just do what's in your heart. Do what's right and have fun."
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In Running, Work And Parenting, Fauci Paces Himself For The 'Marathon'
At StoryCorps, Anthony Fauci talks with wife, Christine Grady, about parenting, running and work. He sees a link: "the idea of sticking with something and not giving up, even when it's painful."
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Under Pandemic Stressors, NYC Special Ed Teams Vow To 'Put The Children First'
Emma Pelosi and Debra Fisher, who work with children with special needs at separate New York public schools, find support from each other through the challenges of getting kids back to school.
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Love Lost, Truth Found: In Pandemic Isolation, A Father Comes Out To His Daughter
At 90, Ken Felts tells his daughter about the man he fell in love with over 60 years ago. "I thought I was doing great, until I came out and started to discover what it means to be free," he told her.
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'We're Like A Lifeline': Postal Workers Fight Fear To Work During Pandemic
Mail carriers Craig Boddie and Evette Jourdain spoke for a remote StoryCorps conversation about how the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. has added new stress to their essential jobs.
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Cabaret Performer Thanks His Elementary School Music Teacher For Giving Him A Voice
Russell King, a cabaret performer who has a drag character, tells a former music teacher she helped him feel comfortable being himself. "[H]ow fortunate I was to have influences like you," he says.
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A Single Mother And Her Child Continue A Circle Of Life Disrupted By The Nazis
When Dena Kohleriter was 36, she decided to start a family on her own. At StoryCorps with her daughter, Jori, Dena describes how her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, responded to the news.