EP229: A Father’s Note to His “Timeless” Daughter, The Craddock Brothers Build On Their Father's Foundation and Edison at Menlo Park, with Kathleen Carlucci and Russ Gehrum
Our American Stories
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4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Our American Stories, Richmond radio host Jeff Katz shares a note that his daughter won't ever read, but will surely impact your life for the better. The Craddock family operates or services over 70 gas stations and 16 fast-service restaurants in Mississippi… but Ron Craddock worked his way up from nearly nothing, and he made his sons Ben and David do the same. Kathleen Carlucci and Russ Gehrum of the Thomas Edison Center at Edison, NJ, tell the story of how Edison perfected light.
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00:00 - A Father’s Note to His “Timeless” Daughter
10:00 - The Craddock Brothers Build On Their Father's Foundation
35:00 - Edison at Menlo Park, with Kathleen Carlucci and Russ Gehrum
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| 0:00.0 | This is Lee Habib, and this is our American Stories. |
| 0:20.7 | And today we hear from Jeff Katz. |
| 0:24.0 | He's a radio host in Richmond, Virginia. |
| 0:26.8 | And he's also a columnist for the Boston Herald. |
| 0:30.5 | And here he shares his deeply personal story about his teenage daughter, Julia, |
| 0:36.2 | who has what doctors call global developmental |
| 0:40.3 | delays and disabilities. And all of that means is that she functions physically and mentally |
| 0:47.3 | at the level of a toddler. Here's Jeff reading a note that he wrote to his daughter. |
| 1:03.0 | Dear Julia, I'm writing you this note on March the 7th, 2018. |
| 1:10.3 | Today is the day that you turn 15 years old. |
| 1:13.6 | It's an interesting day for me and for mom, |
| 1:16.6 | but it's another day for you. |
| 1:18.6 | You're not like other kids, my sweet. |
| 1:20.6 | You've never made a big deal of your birthday. |
| 1:23.6 | You've never asked us for any type of a special gift. |
| 1:26.6 | Not for your birthday, not for Hanukkah, not for Christmas. |
| 1:31.3 | You've treated each and every day in the same way. |
| 1:35.4 | Mom will wake you up and you'll have a smile on your face when you see her. |
| 1:39.3 | She'll play some of your music and you'll smile even more. |
| 1:43.2 | You may laugh or giggle or squeal, but there will not be any words. |
| 1:48.0 | You won't complain about having to go to school. |
| 1:51.0 | You won't be happy to hear that it is a snow day. |
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