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"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"
2:49

"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"

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"We could do no wrong in their eyes."
3:13

"We could do no wrong in their eyes."

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“I struggled with maybe I should have stayed away.”
2:49

“I struggled with maybe I should have stayed away.”

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“You walked right by me like I was a ghost.”
3:25

“You walked right by me like I was a ghost.”

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“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”
2:28

“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”

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“I knew I was a girl. And so that weekend, I got to be me.”
2:46

“I knew I was a girl. And so that weekend, I got to be me.”

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“This year, I'm the age she was when she disappeared.”
2:08

“This year, I'm the age she was when she disappeared.”

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“I sat up in my bed and I was immediately engulfed in fear."
3:20

“I sat up in my bed and I was immediately engulfed in fear."

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“You were with me until I was three...and then you kept disappearing on me.”
4:07

“You were with me until I was three...and then you kept disappearing on me.”

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“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”
3:21

“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”

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“I didn’t really think there was a possibility that I wouldn’t grow up.”
3:23

“I didn’t really think there was a possibility that I wouldn’t grow up.”

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"I’d be willing to trade you this old guitar for a bottle of whiskey."
2:59

"I’d be willing to trade you this old guitar for a bottle of whiskey."

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“I’m terrified of missing you growing up.”
3:03

“I’m terrified of missing you growing up.”

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“There was this big possum on the side of the road. He wasn’t hurt at all, except he was dead.”
3:35

“There was this big possum on the side of the road. He wasn’t hurt at all, except he was dead.”

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"I knew it was going to be hard and I knew I’d be different, but I knew I could compete with any of ’em."
3:26

"I knew it was going to be hard and I knew I’d be different, but I knew I could compete with any of ’em."

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“...everything was dead. Like if I had landed on the moon.”
2:47

“...everything was dead. Like if I had landed on the moon.”

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"The last thing I wanted you to do was to be afraid of being Jewish.”
2:35

"The last thing I wanted you to do was to be afraid of being Jewish.”

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“It shouldn’t be scary to be who you are."
3:03

“It shouldn’t be scary to be who you are."

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“I remember he had the white boots, the white mask, with kind of like a red beak.”
2:50

“I remember he had the white boots, the white mask, with kind of like a red beak.”

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"All we have carrying forward at this point is our DNA…"
2:32

"All we have carrying forward at this point is our DNA…"

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