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The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

291: Coffee with Mom—America's Grandmother is Done with Christmas Cards

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.839.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

It’s another Christmas extravaganza featuring three-time New York Times bestselling author Peggy Rowe, a.k.a. Mike’s mom.  Now with less potty mouth!  Peggy explains why she and Chuck conspired to keep a secret from Mike.  

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode number 291 of the way I heard it.

0:08.2

And just like that, another year is behind us.

0:11.8

My guest on this very special episode is the one and only Peggy Row.

0:16.5

And it's entitled, America's Grandmother is done with Christmas cards.

0:21.5

She is.

0:22.7

Because she is, Chuck.

0:23.7

She's done.

0:24.3

She's had it.

0:25.4

She's had it.

0:26.3

Last year, she had all kinds of treats she made and gave to people.

0:30.3

And this year, she's like, I don't have time for this.

0:32.4

Every time a Christmas card comes in the mail, she and John are like, ooh, we got another one.

0:37.7

Here's another one. What's wrong with people? For as long as I've known my mother,

0:41.6

she's been making Christmas treats and she sends out Christmas cards. And in this episode of

0:45.9

the podcast, I learn, among other things, that deep down, I think she's always hated it.

0:53.6

It seemed that way.

0:55.2

Yeah.

0:55.6

I just think that, you know, after decades and decades of doing this, she's entered into this phase of her life where she'll be 85 years old next month.

1:05.0

And she's busier than she's ever been.

1:07.6

And she's finally looked around and she's taken stock.

1:10.5

And she's seeing, she's seeing

1:12.9

some fat that could be trimmed from the daily realities of her life. In this time of year,

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