• “People will make fun of her in school...”

    Debbie Watterson talks with her 10-year-old son, Mitchel, about being an older brother to his sister, Bridget, who is deaf.

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    Recorded in Atascadero, CA

  • “I knew the top ten on the radio and I could do my nails, but I didn't even know how to cook.”

    Lucille Mascarenas tells her son, Victor, about what happened when she moved from the city to work on her husband's family farm.

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    Recorded in Taos, NM

  • “Claudia, to me, was very beautiful.”

    Bernell Sutton remembers his wife, Claudia, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “They had one or two cans of this cranberry stuff...”

    Adolph Carranza remembers an unusual holiday donation from the Salvation Army.

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    Recorded in Paonia, CO

  • “From the little English that we knew, my brother and I knew that we were not going to have class that day.”

    Jose Fernandez tells his wife, Teresita, about the first Thanksgiving he spent in the United States.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “There's a Little League baseball field called Brian Calvin Korbon Field.”

    Gregg Korbon and his wife, Kathryn, talk about how a baseball field came to be named after their son, Brian.

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    Recorded in Charlottesville, VA

  • “She didn't speak English but she understood 'A.'”

    Congressman Raul Grijalva talks to his daughter Marisa about his mother's influence on his education.

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    Recorded in Washington, D.C.

  • “I got married on the day of my 22nd birthday.”

    Mala Fernando tells her daughter Ashanthi Gajaweera about the early days of her marriage in Sri Lanka.

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    Recorded in Rochester, NY

  • “We tried calling the fire house and none of the men were there.”

    Nancy Cimei remembers her son, New York City firefighter Michael D'Auria, who was killed on September 11, 2001. Michael had only been on the job for nine weeks when he died.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “I just know this is what I was destined to do.”

    Sam Reed, a mortician and the caretaker of Atlanta's historic Oakland Cemetery, talks about how his interest in the funeral business started at a young age.

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    Recorded in Atlanta, GA