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Love Letters

S8E2: You Make My Dreams (Come True)

Love Letters

The Boston Globe

Love Tips, Breakups, Dating, Relationship Tips, Love, Dating And Relationships, Love Advice, Advice, Dating Tips, Marriage Advice, Breakup Advice, Relationship Advice, The Boston Globe, Boston, Society & Culture, Love Letters, Meredith Goldstein, Dating Advice, Letters, Relationships, Boston Globe

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Meredith’s childhood friend Justin L. Wilson was standing at a funeral, listening to a eulogy, when he had an epiphany: I’m going to quit my job. This decision to follow his passion took Justin on a journey that involves falling in love. Breakups. Martin Scorsese. Hall & Oates. The Kelly Clarkson Show. And a lesson – very much still-in-progress – about the price of a dream. Email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0

Hey, everyone, we're about to wrap this season of Love Letters, which, as you know, has been all about love and money.

0:05.6

I've learned so much from our guests and their stories.

0:08.6

But before we go, I need to know, what are you taking away from this season?

0:13.0

What did it make you think about? Did it remind you of a money story from your life?

0:17.6

Do you have any money-related relationship advice that you just need to share with the world?

0:22.7

Send us a short voice memo, like three minutes or less, to lovelettersatboston.com.

0:28.3

That's lovelettersatboston.com. We might use it in a future episode of the podcast.

0:33.5

Please include your name. It can just be a first name, or a pseudonym, and where you're from in the

0:38.2

recording. I can't wait to hear what you think.

0:47.6

It might seem too on the nose, or cinematic, to have a massive life epiphany at a loved one's funeral.

0:54.9

But for my friend Justin, having a dramatic revelation, is kind of on brand.

1:01.2

So my aunt Bernadette passes away, and her and my uncle Mike live on a farm in Western Maryland.

1:08.4

Mike and my cousin Jodie decide they're going to bury Bernadette on the farm.

1:13.6

We're out in the middle of this field, and Jodie is giving a speech about her mom and how

1:19.6

she just sort of was adventurous, and she'd be spontaneous. I think we all thought she just was

1:24.8

this housewife who lived home on the farm and helped out Mike. I didn't know she was

1:28.7

galavanting and jetting around with Jodie to go like spontaneous trips to New York to see the

1:33.6

Rockettes or see a Broadway show or going to Yosemite or Grand Canyon.

1:39.9

Justin standing there, and he's thinking, wait a minute, I want to live courageously too.

1:46.0

I don't want to miss out on the life I'm meant to have.

1:49.4

And I turned to my mom who's standing next to me in this field, and I just like, I'm going to

1:53.9

quit my job. And she's like, okay, be quiet. No, I'm going to do it like right now.

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