Moth stories have the power to bring you into a world that is often not your own and leave you wishing that you could live in that world

Just a little bit longer since 1997 the moth has shared more than 50,000 stories with audiences around the world through shows

Workshops and on the moth podcast and the moth radio hour once the curtains have closed the rooms emptied and the voice is quieted

It's the stories still ringing in our ears that whisper over and over

We are all of us more alike than we are different

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Hi, everyone producer Mark here

Just want to let you know that the second story in this episode

Contains the use of homophobic slurs if that makes you uncomfortable maybe sit the second story out. We hope you enjoy the show

Welcome to the moth podcast. I'm your host Dame Wilburn

It may be a few weeks after Valentine's Day, but we're looking at love

Whether that's fighting for marriage committing to someone for the first time or sharing a moment with a beloved

Grandparent love is all that matters. I know it's a cliche, but it's true. Whatever's going on

Whatever's happening in our lives everything seems a little bit easier when we've got something or somebody to love

Since we're counting down 25 years of the moth's existence both of these stories are from 2016

First up is Kimberly gotchis

She told this story at a moth story slam in Chicago where the theme of the night was food

Here's Kimberly live at the moth

It's Christmas break of my freshman year of college and I am going to see Yaya grandma and Greek

My mouth waters for her pastichou her buttery mashed potatoes and most of all her rice pudding

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