On A Serpentine Road | With Michelle Rodriguez

Modern Love

The New York Times

Love, New York Times, Nytimes, Essay, Loss, Storytelling, Society & Culture, Redemption, Nyt

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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How do we choose what to hold onto from loved ones after they've died? Doris Iarovici asks that question in her essay, which is read by Michelle Rodriguez ("Widows").

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0:00.0	Modern Love The Podcast is supported by...
0:05.0	Produced by the Island at WBUR Boston.
0:18.0	From The New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.
0:23.0	The New York Times
0:28.0	Stories of Love, Laws, and Redemption.
0:32.0	I'm your host, Megna Chacrabardi.
0:41.0	How do we choose what to hold on to from loved ones after they've died?
0:45.0	Doris Jarovic asks that question in her essay on a serpentine road with the top down.
0:51.0	It's read by Michelle Rodriguez, who starred in the Fast and Furious movies, Avatar, and Lost Among Others.
0:58.0	You can see her alongside Biola Davis in the new movie, Widows.
1:10.0	The sky's opened up as I watched the tow truck winch my teal, alpha romail onto the flatbed.
1:17.0	The 30-year-old convertible again refused to run.
1:22.0	And as I dried the rain off my arms, I thought it was probably time to get rid of it.
1:29.0	My husband loved the spider, which our kids named the Happy Car.
1:35.0	But before he succumbed to Tommel Anoma at 48, he specifically instructed us not to make the car a shrine.
1:44.0	I held on to it anyway.
1:48.0	I rarely drive it.
1:51.0	I'd intended to use it to teach our kids to drive stick shift, but that never happened.
1:58.0	I couldn't bear them grinding those gears.
2:03.0	The downpour ended the moment the tow truck left.
2:10.0	Steam rose from the driveway and refracted the sudden sunshine.
2:16.0	It was a sign I told myself.
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