This is an I-Heart podcast.

And we return to our American stories.

Up next, the beautiful legacy of Laura Trependahl, a young lady whose life

was cut tragically short and the resulting story of grace and forgiveness offered by her family.

Here's Madison.

The best way to find out who a person truly is is to hear it straight from their family.

Let's hear from David and Rob, the father and brother of Laura Trependahl.

Laura was definitely the first child. She kind of dominated the other children, right, Rob?

She was a little bossy,

you know? She played her role well of being the oldest child and she followed the rules,

and she definitely made sure that we followed the rules. Yeah. One summer, Laura went up to visit

with her grandmother, my mother, Jean Mama, And after several days together, my mother got frustrated with Laura.

And she sat her down to teach her a lesson.

And she says, Laura, you have a very bad habit for a child.

And that is, you correct people.

And particularly what's bothersome is that you correct adults.

You should never correct adults.

And Laura looked at her as serious as she could be.

And she says, teen mama, it's adults.

Not adults. My mother just fell out laughing. She just left her alone after that.

Classic oldest child. Yeah. Catherine was born 17 months later. And then three years later you came.

Three years later, Sophie came.

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