Yeah, yeah...you warned me, but I was dubious and didn't wholeheartedly believe you. I was wrong.
A very touching story. It plucked the heartstrings for me, but I think I'm probably a bit out of the ordinary. I connect with the alienation a child feels for their parents. My father was the Superintendent of Schools for the small, 400 student school I grew up in. While a PK feels the pressure of what could be conveyed on Sunday, a TK feels the pressure of teachers looking for an opportunity to feel vindicated because of tension with their supervisor. It makes for a heavy weight upon the shoulders that usually ends in outright rebellion, or a moderately disassociated social life. My folks are still happily married now for more than 40 years, and the older I get, the "cooler" my parents become. We're a pretty tight-knit, extended family. Our Thanksgiving holiday is a 75 person affair, so for me, it isn't as hard to touch my heartstrings with a story like this, talking about the relationship between a son and his Mother.
Now, I need to go find a podcast that's as intersting, but isn't likely to make my eyes all teary. Well done.