Summary
Two stories about looking after the welfare of others, one at the beginning of life and another near the end of life.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Bob Carlson, and this is Unfictional. |
| 0:05.8 | Unfictional is a program of storytellers and documentaries made by independent producers from all over. of looking after is when we are |
| 0:25.0 | when we are young and when we are old. |
| 0:27.0 | Today, two stories representing each of those two phases of life, |
| 0:31.0 | beginning now, with a story from LA-based writer Dave White. |
| 0:35.9 | He's been on the show before talking about his formative years in the town of Roswell, |
| 0:39.8 | New Mexico. |
| 0:41.0 | He's got a unique point of view and by way of warning this story doesn't have any |
| 0:45.6 | foul language or anything but it's probably not suitable for children or |
| 0:50.1 | those bothered by a frank discussion of bodily functions, brain damage, or seeing your mother naked. |
| 0:57.0 | Here's Dave White. |
| 0:59.0 | My mother refuses all underwear. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm exaggerating a little. She wears a bra for about the first |
| 1:05.4 | eight hours of the day, but around four o'clock she's yanking it off with her |
| 1:09.2 | good hand and no panties ever just threw them all in the trash. And I know it's weird to hear a grown man discussing his mother's underwear habits. |
| 1:18.0 | I know you're probably wondering why I even know the details of those habits. |
| 1:22.3 | In 2004, the day after after Thanksgiving my mom had a stroke. |
| 1:25.4 | Massive. She was unconscious for two weeks afterward and unresponsive for about eight |
| 1:31.3 | more and at the time I remember my brother Mark just said |
| 1:34.7 | shouldn't she just be dead? It's a little harsh I know but it's true there's no |
| 1:39.7 | telling why it didn't kill her. Instead, what happened was she slowly emerged back into |
| 1:45.6 | consciousness to discover that she could now only use the left side of her |
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