“My mother was the glue to our family...”

Gwen Richards remembers her mother, Helen, who had Alzheimer's.

Recorded in partnership with The Alzheimer’s Association - Heart of America Chapter in Prairie Village, KS

“My maternal grandfather, Rocco Galasso, was a superintendent in an apartment building...”

Nicholas Petron remembers his grandfather, who came to the U.S. from Italy as a young man.

Recorded in partnership with Adelphi University in New York, NY

“Letting go, for my mother, was scary.”

Fanni Green (L) tells her daughter, Danyealah (R), about moving her mother, Pauline, into an assisted living facility after her health began to fail.

Recorded in partnership with WMNF Community Radio in Tampa, FL

“In 1966 I enlisted in the army for service in Vietnam. At that same time, Don was battling his diabetes.”

Jim Sargent (L) and his brother, Don (R), who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 17, interview each other.

Recorded in partnership with KCPW Public Radio in Salt Lake City, UT.

“He was a human being; I knew we had that much in common.”

Mamie Todd (R) tells her daughter, Ann Todd Jealous (L), and grandson, Benjamin Todd Jealous, about demanding supplies from the white school superintendent while teaching at an all-black school in the 1930s. Benjamin Todd Jealous is President and CEO of the NAACP.

Recorded in partnership with the NAACP in Pacific Grove, CA

“I dealt with it by saying to myself that I would fight this cancer like a boxing match.”

Dottie Copeland tells her daughter Tina Nelson about being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Recorded in partnership with the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University in St. Louis, MO

“I didn't know if I was ever going to see you again.”

Sergeant Papsy Lemus tells her daughter Griselda about going off to war in Iraq.

Recorded in Salt Lake City, UT

“We had to do a good deed every day...”

John Hope Franklin, the late scholar of African American history, tells his son, John, about being a Boy Scout during the 1920s.

Recorded in Tulsa, OK, in partnership with National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)

“Everywhere we went my mother would make sure that they enrolled us in school.”

Lourdes Villanueva tells her son Roger about growing up in a family of migrant workers.

Recorded in Tampa, FL, in partnership with Redlands Christian Migrant Association

“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