“I'm always working 24 hours a day.”
90-year-old Bill Schifrin tells his son-in-law, Herman Rotenberg, about making his living as a wedding ring salesman.
Recorded in New York, NY
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“Every brain is a little bit different...”
10-year-old Ida Cortez talks about her dyslexia with her mother, Kim Wargo.
Recorded in San Francisco, CA
“My dad was working 24/7 to make it.”
James Bost remembers his father, a salesman during the Great Depression, in an interview with his son Doug.
Recorded in New York, NY
“He was a short-order cook...”
Ed Miller (L) tells his son EJ (R) about his father, Ed Miller, Sr.
Recorded in New York, NY
“They wanted me to stop seeing Daddy...”
Willa and Brad Guidi tell their daughter Tasha about meeting at college in 1970.
Recorded in Peoria, IL
“I broke a hundred and sixty-four bones.”
Barbara Esrig remembers the car accident that nearly took her life.
Recorded in Gainesville, FL, in partnership with Shand's Art and Medicine.
“School was out for two weeks and all the telephone lines were down.”
Dr. Jim Fleming tells his daughter, Janetta, about being trapped indoors by the Great Ice Storm of 1951.
Recorded in Nashville, TN
“I was going to get this little boy an adoptive home before Christmas.”
Sister Mary DeSalles Collins, who worked at New York Foundling for over 50 years, remembers one adoption just after World War II.
Recorded in Yonkers, NY, in partnership with the Convent of Mary the Queen
“We go around and we bless the hands of all the people who work in the hospital.”
Janet Lutz (R) tells her friend, Lori Armstrong (L), about working as a hospital chaplain.
Recorded in Atlanta, GA
“You followed my footsteps and I thought it was great.”
Ledo Lucietto and his daughter, Anne, talk about how their family's mechanical inclination has been passed down through the generations.
Recorded in Baltimore, MD
