On this show I often get to talk to people who are pursuing big dreams, taking big

risks in order to follow a calling they can't imagine letting go of.

This episode is about someone who had that all come together for him.

And then life kept happening. Musician Johnny Solomon has a band called Communist Daughter,

and right at the time the band was seeing its first big success,

he was falling apart.

Then his mother stepped into help, and then she needed help.

I interviewed Johnny and his mom after he and his wife moved in to help with his mom's care

for an episode that came out in 2018. And since then life has kept happening.

I don't know, the two hardest things that I've ever been through in my life were getting sober and then going through the hospice stuff with mom and I

think it's you know she was a part of both of those she was very much a part of both of them.

Three years ago, Johnny's mom, Nancy, died in hospice at home.

We're going to share that original episode with you this week

that's really about how many directions care can move in a

family and then listen to the end to hear about Johnny and his wife's family now.

When I asked for help, my mom dropped everything, and so when my mom had said that they

were having trouble and they needed help.

I figured it would be better for us to just be here and make a life here.

This is death, sex, and money.

The show from Slate about the things we think about a lot

and need to talk about more.

I'm Anna Sale. In early 2017, the Minnesota-based band Communist Daughter was on the road.

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