Messages from Dying Mothers

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

From April 20, 1998: Oprah talks to mothers who are making preparations for family after their deaths. New Zealand mother Tobi Mills opens up about placing a newspaper ad seeking a new family for her 10-year-old twins as she undergoes treatment for liver cancer. Erin Kramp shares motherly advice in videos to her daughter and husband while fighting breast cancer. Rose and Al Malavolti adopted eight children from a mother who was suffering from a terminal illness. (Erin Kramp passed away on October 31, 1998; her daughter was 6 years old. Tobi Mills also passed away in 1998.)

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes.
0:06.4	I believe the Oprah Winfrey show
0:07.8	was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.2	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.2	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:18.0	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:21.0	The LOLs, the moments that matter, the eye-opening life lessons.
0:28.0	Never allow them to take you somewhere else. I'm bringing them back.
0:33.4	It's time to open the vault.
0:35.6	I personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.
0:40.5	Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.0	They want to know,
0:46.0	Do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.0	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show, The Podcast.
0:57.0	Our first guest came all the way from England for their first visit to the United States.
1:08.0	Back home in Britain, they've captured the hearts of millions who have followed their extraordinary story.
1:13.7	The headline read, Could You Be Our New Mom?
1:16.5	Children in a heartbreaking plea.
1:18.7	A British newspaper featured a very unusual appeal.
1:21.5	Kids and Dog for Higher Life Term Contract. very unusual
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