I cut contact with my mum eight years ago like Brooklyn – it meant losing my brothers, but it was the right decision

MONIKA Gostic’s childhood was not a happy one. Now 37, she remembers being given adult responsibilities from the age of six ...
NPR

Two lifelong friends remember their moms

Grant Brenner and Ari Gildengers met in elementary school in the 1970s. They sit down to remember the moms they lost at very different stages of life. Time now for StoryCorps. Grant Brenner and Ari ...
NPR

'My first real role model': Two sisters remember their mother and her passing

Sisters Shanita Baraka Akintonde and Danielle Tavon Bishop remember their mother, Mary Catherine Bishop, and their final moments with her. Time now for StoryCorps. Shanita Baraka Akintonde and ...
Yahoo

My Mom Tortured Me — And Made My Brothers Her Enforcers. Years Later, I Finally Discovered Why.

The thought came to me often when I was a young teenager, as easily as breathing. My mother was away, and I imagined what life would be without her. The fantasy didn’t last — she always came home — ...
Lincoln Journal Star

'Remember my mom crying'

I can remember my mom crying as she watched the television. I knew even at 3 years of age that it was though a family member had died. It was not the same kind of crying as watching a soap opera or ...