The Best of Mother’s Day Stories #4

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🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Two mothers' days that look nothing alike, but hit just as hard. Jobim Santos grew up watching his mother Linda lose her battle with ALS piece by piece, from cane to wheelchair to hospice bed, all while praying at church each week that she would just live long enough to see him turn 13. She didn't quite make it. What he didn't expect was that grief would take another 13 years to fully arrive. (Content note: domestic violence, murder) Amy Brooks got a phone call one Monday morning about a blue-eyed three-year-old whose father had killed his mother. She said yes before the social worker finished the sentence. What followed was two and a half years in court while raising a child whose trauma was showing up in holes in the walls and phone calls from the police. For more info and music featured in this episode, visit risk-show.com/podcast/the-best-of-mothers-day-stories-4 And you can find all of our Mother's Day Stories at risk-show.com/mothersdaystories Be Part of RISK! 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in [CITY] ([MONTH & DAY]) or [CITY] ([MONTH & DAY]) ✍️ Pitch your story⁠ ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ 💵 Make a one-time donation⁠⁠ via PayPal or Zelle to kevin@risk-show.com 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠ 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Fear is the virus is trending on TikTok.
0:03.0	Vaccines are poison.
0:05.0	Then your yoga teacher says that sex-trafficed children are being sacrificed by satanic liberals,
0:11.0	but it's all okay.
0:12.0	The Great Awakening is coming.
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0:42.8	Hey folks, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories.
0:45.4	They never thought they'd dare to share.
0:53.0	I'm Kevin Allison, and every Thursday we release these special episodes where we look back at content from our earlier years.
0:56.0	This week, it's the best of Mother's Day stories. Number four, in a little bit, we're going to hear from the wonderful Amy Brooks.
1:01.5	But first, a story from Jobim Santos. Oh, boy, I remember how moved I was that night. It was
1:10.6	2016, a live show in Boston, where this story was recorded.
1:16.5	It's a story we call two of us.
1:32.3	It's a very, very dark night. The sky is overcast.
1:35.3	There are no stars. There's no moon.
1:38.3	A car is moving down the highway.
1:41.3	There are no street lamps.
1:43.3	Just about the only light that's perceptible are the headlights of the highway. There are no street lamps. Just about the only light that's
1:45.6	perceptible are the headlights of the car and a distant glow on the horizon coming
1:51.8	from the city of San Antonio. The car is a 1994 Jaguar XJ6 with British racing green paint, tan leather interior, and wood veneer
2:06.3	accents.
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