From PRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour.

I'm Catherine Burns, and this hour is all about mothers.

We'll hear about a blundering Pittsburgh mom who keeps embarrassing her kids, a healthcare

worker in Zambia who suddenly needs help herself, a bed-bound patient trying to save her

10-year-old boy's life, a teenage mom standing up for her son, and our first story told by

Chrissy Graham.

Here's Chrissy, recorded live at the Seattle Story Slum.

Like most of you, I'm guessing, I was a total dork as a kid.

I mean, like, for Halloween, I was Mozart.

It was bad, not bad. I'm not kidding.

And, you know, to boot, I had terrible, terrible, terrible vision.

I had these thick, coat bottle glasses.

It was just painful.

I was just steeped in dorkdom.

And I wanted so badly to get out.

I just, I wanted to be cool more than anything.

And my mom, my mom saw this and bless her heart in like the most amazing act of loving kindness.

She got me contact lenses.

And not soft lenses, hard, gas permeable lenses and if you guys

have ever had this you know what it's like it's like you know the texture of an

M&M shell and it's about that resilient and so you know this was an amazing

amazing act of faith to give these lenses to an 11-year-old kid. Okay?

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