WEBVTT - MFM Minisode 412

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<v Speaker 1>He Hello and welcome to my favorite murder, the miniso.

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<v Speaker 1>Do we read you your stories you send in emails?

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<v Speaker 2>We agreed we would read them. What more do you want.

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<v Speaker 3>Us to do?

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<v Speaker 1>And they can be about anything at this point in life. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, fuck it, you know, truly?

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<v Speaker 2>Would you like to get first?

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<v Speaker 3>Sure?

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<v Speaker 1>This one's called creating new fears for my child. Hello

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<v Speaker 1>from Virginia. In a recent hometown, y'all asked for our

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<v Speaker 1>own trash parenting stories and I am finally in there.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I was twenty one when I had my first child,

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<v Speaker 1>so basically a baby raising a baby, And somewhere along

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<v Speaker 1>the way I started joking with her about quote dropping

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<v Speaker 1>her off at the fire station my mom did is

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<v Speaker 1>more than because they have the baby drop boxes, and

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<v Speaker 1>I always thought it was a joke. We even joked

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<v Speaker 1>about how she would have to tuck her knees because

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<v Speaker 1>she was probably getting too big for the box.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh.

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<v Speaker 1>One day, when she was about five years old, when

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<v Speaker 1>I dropped her off at her on base daycare, they

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<v Speaker 1>informed me that the fire department would be doing an

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<v Speaker 1>annual walk through later in the day. Okay, cool, no

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<v Speaker 1>big deal, until her daycare provider called me a few

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<v Speaker 1>hours later, because when my daughter saw the fire truck

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<v Speaker 1>out front, she ran into a closet screaming, no.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't take me, I'll be good. Oh that's right.

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<v Speaker 1>My daughter thought the fire department had come to pick

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<v Speaker 1>her up and take her away.

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<v Speaker 4>She was hysterical.

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<v Speaker 1>Turns out I had successfully made her terrified of all firefighters.

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<v Speaker 2>Good news.

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<v Speaker 1>She's now fifteen and no longer scared. But it was

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<v Speaker 1>super fun explaining to her daycare provider that I was

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<v Speaker 1>actually a terrible parent and to please not report us.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you guys for all that you do in keeping

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<v Speaker 1>me company on long drives into work.

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<v Speaker 4>Cecily and then it says good luck on the pronunciation.

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<v Speaker 1>I just go with whatever these days looks like Cecily,

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<v Speaker 1>Cecily or Cicily Cecily.

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<v Speaker 2>Cecily's cool.

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<v Speaker 3>I like that name. I like a self reporting trash parent. Please,

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<v Speaker 3>if you're if you've been trashy and you want to

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<v Speaker 3>talk about it, we're here for you.

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<v Speaker 4>You all have those stories, we know it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, come on.

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<v Speaker 3>Also, it's that thing where I think for my trash

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<v Speaker 3>babysitter story of my own, it was like I only

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<v Speaker 3>ever related to other adults, so I forgot that children

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<v Speaker 3>do not relate the same way, and I wonder if

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<v Speaker 3>it's like that's part of it. It's like you're a

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<v Speaker 3>young parent and you're just like, oh wait, okay, that's right, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>here's my first story. The subject line is an Irish

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<v Speaker 3>hometown story with a difference. Hi, Karen, Georgia, Stephen, Alejandra

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<v Speaker 3>and all free creatures. I love you gals, obviously as

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<v Speaker 3>you brighten up my day, it says brighten up me.

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<v Speaker 2>Day, me day, because they're day, brighten me.

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<v Speaker 3>Day, my walks when I'm cooking, et cetera, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 3>I first came across your podcast a few years ago

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<v Speaker 3>when I heard my colleagues giggling in the office with

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<v Speaker 3>their earphones in. They were all listening to you while working.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh nice, So I could tell you about the spooky

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<v Speaker 3>happenings in the house I grew up in that's over

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<v Speaker 3>one hundred and twenty years old. But I'll leave that

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<v Speaker 3>to another time and tell you about something way better.

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<v Speaker 3>I wanted to let you know about a fantastic eighty

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<v Speaker 3>three year old from Ireland who was a crucial behind

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<v Speaker 3>the scenes part of the Bansheese of venisheerin.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh shit, did you watch that movie? I loved that movie.

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<v Speaker 3>We think it's such a lovely story and of course

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<v Speaker 3>Karen's Irish, so we wanted to share it with you.

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<v Speaker 3>Delia Berry joined the knitting group through Greystones Cancer Support

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<v Speaker 3>when her husband Patty died over ten years ago. She

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<v Speaker 3>found friends and comfort from this group and from GCS,

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<v Speaker 3>so she wanted to give something special back. Something else

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<v Speaker 3>special about Delia is that she also took in her

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<v Speaker 3>sister's four children when she lost her sister to cancer

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<v Speaker 3>many years ago. Delia is Jesus's favorite person. She shot

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<v Speaker 3>to fame having knit the iconic jumpers sweaters for Colin Ferrell,

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<v Speaker 3>Brendan Gleeson, and Barry Kyogan in the Oscar nominated movie

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<v Speaker 3>The Banshees of a So that movie is like the

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<v Speaker 3>sweaters are the third lead. Yes, and Delia is the

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<v Speaker 3>one who made all of that amazing. Also, Tolin Ferrell's sister,

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<v Speaker 3>who actually won an Oscar for Best Supporting Carrie Something,

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<v Speaker 3>has an incredible cardigan that I was obsessed with, like

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<v Speaker 3>every I watched it like three.

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<v Speaker 2>Times, and she made it.

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<v Speaker 4>You can get you can commission one.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh that's right, Delia, I need to talk to you, Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>So Brendan Gleeson has even asked her to knit two

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<v Speaker 3>more for him, since what we didn't know before now

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<v Speaker 3>was that Delia is no stranger to the celebrity world,

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<v Speaker 3>having knit for Meryl Streep for her role in Dancing

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<v Speaker 3>at Luganza, and having taught Emily Watson how to knit

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<v Speaker 3>for her role in the movie Little Women. Cute, Celia

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<v Speaker 3>is an inner national superstar. She fits knitting in and

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<v Speaker 3>around her bingo and walks around her town gray Stones,

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<v Speaker 3>County Wooklow in the Garden of Ireland.

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<v Speaker 2>In the Garden of Ireland? Is that a saying?

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<v Speaker 4>You tell me?

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<v Speaker 2>I can't? How cool?

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<v Speaker 3>Is she? Right? If you'd like to read more about

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<v Speaker 3>our famous and generous Delia, you can read all about

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<v Speaker 3>her in The New York Times, Vogue, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Daily Mail, to name a few.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the best, Stay sexy and don't get murdered

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<v Speaker 3>and wrap yourself in a cost knit Aaron sweater. Knit

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<v Speaker 3>with love, Mary, Wow, Mary, I love that emails.

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<v Speaker 4>You want to be an old lady like I'm excited

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<v Speaker 4>to be an old lady.

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<v Speaker 3>Also, it's like the thing that brought her to knitting

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<v Speaker 3>was this painful, difficult thing that then knitting actually helped

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<v Speaker 3>her with and then she kind of kept powering through

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<v Speaker 3>and then she was like, now everybody loves my knitting, and.

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<v Speaker 4>Now she needs her own movie.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, she actually does, and like all those stars will

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<v Speaker 3>come and star in it with her. Stop it.

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<v Speaker 4>I love it. I'm mad, I'm mad.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>Such a good email.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, just found out my uncle's death was a murder,

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<v Speaker 1>all the requisite pleasantries and compliments. I am from a

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<v Speaker 1>large East Coast Puerto Rican family of murderinos. My abuelo's

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<v Speaker 1>grandparents were married for almost seventy years before a Builo

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<v Speaker 1>became an ancestor. Isn't that a beautiful way of saying

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<v Speaker 1>he passed on? Yeah, and I am the oldest of

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen grandchildren. Several of us kids grew up on a

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<v Speaker 1>heavy dose of diagnosis murder twenty twenty CSI, and the

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<v Speaker 1>list goes.

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<v Speaker 4>On diagnosis murder.

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<v Speaker 1>Recently, I think I uncovered our family's Murderino origin story.

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<v Speaker 1>When I was growing up, our relative Rosa and it

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<v Speaker 1>says all names changed, would occasionally come visit from Puerto

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<v Speaker 1>Rico with her two kids, Letty and Roberto. Rosa's relation

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<v Speaker 1>to us was unclear, but I assumed that she was

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<v Speaker 1>a distant aunt. During their visits, they would go to

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<v Speaker 1>the local so materia for Rosa's husband, my assumed uncle,

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<v Speaker 1>was buried. I always wondered why he would be here

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<v Speaker 1>instead of in Puerto Rico. Cut to a few weeks ago,

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<v Speaker 1>A handful of the family was at Abuela's house pouring

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<v Speaker 1>through old albums and bins of pictures. My sister pulls

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<v Speaker 1>out an eight x ten portrait of a handsome young

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<v Speaker 1>man that looked like it was from the sixties. Who's this,

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<v Speaker 1>she asked, Oh, that's Javier, Rosa's husband. My Abuela said solemnly,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, she said, turning to me. They killed him.

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<v Speaker 1>I instantly had about a million questions and went to

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<v Speaker 1>work trying to get them all answered. So here's the

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<v Speaker 1>story I was able to get from my Abuela, my mom,

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<v Speaker 1>and a free trial to a newspaper website. In the

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<v Speaker 1>mid eighties, Rosa unfortunately had a miscarriage. Javier, who was

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<v Speaker 1>my Abuilo's cousin. That's how they related, dropped off a

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<v Speaker 1>young Letty and Roberto at my Abuela's house so he

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<v Speaker 1>could go be with Rosa in the hospital, who was

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<v Speaker 1>the last time any of our family would see him alive.

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<v Speaker 1>His body was found in a field the next day.

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<v Speaker 1>He was thirty eight years old. The police interviewed everyone

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<v Speaker 1>at my Aguila's house, including my mom, since that was

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<v Speaker 1>the last place he was seen. It took months of investigation,

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<v Speaker 1>but the story came together. Javier dropped off the kids

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<v Speaker 1>and was carjacked on the way to the hospital. He

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<v Speaker 1>withdrew one hundred dollars from the ATM, and twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>minutes later, his car was found on fire in a

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<v Speaker 1>residential area. They found him the following day. He had

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<v Speaker 1>been shot execution style. Nearly two years later, three suspects

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<v Speaker 1>were arrested and one was eventually convicted.

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<v Speaker 4>He was also convicted of.

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<v Speaker 1>Killing a cab driver a few weeks after Javier's murder,

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<v Speaker 1>and is suspected to be involved in a few other murders.

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<v Speaker 1>After the trial, Rosa took the kids and moved back

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<v Speaker 1>to Puerto Rico. So this happened in the US. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>by all accounts, she was never the same. Apparently, the

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<v Speaker 1>murderer was up for parole in twenty nineteen and my

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<v Speaker 1>uncle spoke with the hearing on behalf of our family.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone kept it yet because they didn't want Rosa to

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<v Speaker 1>find out. We're unsure of what the outcome was, but

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<v Speaker 1>COVID hit shortly thereafter, and the murderer died in prison.

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<v Speaker 1>I found his obituary and it's clear his family loved

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<v Speaker 1>him very much, just as our family loved Javier. That's

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<v Speaker 1>like a really beautiful sentiment.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah it is. Yeah, I've been.

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<v Speaker 1>Musing about what can make a twenty three year old

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<v Speaker 1>man who was full of potential go on a robbery

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<v Speaker 1>and murder spree, But this email is long enough. The

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<v Speaker 1>whole ordeal was traumatizing for my family, and my theory

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<v Speaker 1>is that it created a generational anxiety that fuels our

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<v Speaker 1>interest in true crime. Or maybe it's just a horrible

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<v Speaker 1>story that I feel the need to wrap up nicely.

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<v Speaker 1>Either way, stay sexy and don't carjack people.

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<v Speaker 4>Jay she her Wow. Jay a classic hometown.

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<v Speaker 3>And also just so personal and kind of beautiful. Yeah, like,

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<v Speaker 3>because yeah, why would a twenty three year old be

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<v Speaker 3>not just robbing people robbing and murdering?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this like email makes it clear that Jay has

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<v Speaker 1>a really big heart. You know what, I mean like,

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<v Speaker 1>I totally got that just from the story being told.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, Yeah, thank you for sending that in. Okay, we're

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<v Speaker 3>gonna take a little left turn, please and go do

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<v Speaker 3>subject line cul ti Christian Camp. Okay, and then it

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<v Speaker 3>just says, Sup, you all have been the voices I

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<v Speaker 3>fall asleep to for years now, So thank you for

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<v Speaker 3>your sweet, murderous bedtime tales. They've definitely helped me avoid

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<v Speaker 3>the shame Merry Go Round. I typically ride as I'm

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<v Speaker 3>falling asleep, so thank you.

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<v Speaker 4>I am very familiar with that ride.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been on it a time or two.

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<v Speaker 4>Myself honored to be part of the soundtrack.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, actually that kind of just made me think

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<v Speaker 3>where it's like, yeah, if it's a shame Merry Go Round,

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<v Speaker 3>how do you like avoid it?

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<v Speaker 2>It's like you have to do a step.

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<v Speaker 3>Up of like engaging different feelings, stronger feelings.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it makes something louder. Yeah, and we're fucking plenty loud.

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<v Speaker 3>I was re listening to Minnieso two seventy eight the

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<v Speaker 3>other night, and it sparked a memory of summer Camp

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<v Speaker 3>for me that I had to tell you guys. In

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<v Speaker 3>the late nineties, I went to a Christian summer camp

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<v Speaker 3>with my best friend for some godfirst saken reason, and

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<v Speaker 3>it was as close to being inducted into a cult

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<v Speaker 3>as I have ever come picture it. Summer in the

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<v Speaker 3>Rocky Mountains, clean cut Christian teenager camp counselors, horseback riding,

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<v Speaker 3>mess halls, and coming home with hand foot mouth disease.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 1>No, yeah, I was about to say I went to

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<v Speaker 1>a camp like that, but.

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<v Speaker 4>It was doish.

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<v Speaker 2>No, we did not didn't get that.

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<v Speaker 3>All the camp staples, it says, except throw some very

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<v Speaker 3>weird Christian spice in there. We attended sunrise sermons, lunchtime

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<v Speaker 3>Bible studies, and midnight campfire sermons. One of the stranger

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<v Speaker 3>games quote unquote they had us play was to go

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<v Speaker 3>out into the forest after darkened pairs of two and

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<v Speaker 3>find counselors scattered around acting like they were non believers,

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<v Speaker 3>and we had to do our best to convert them

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<v Speaker 3>or convince them to give Christianity a try.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh my God.

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<v Speaker 2>Like a culti scavenger hunt.

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<v Speaker 3>The whole week culminated into a sunset sermon overlooking the

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<v Speaker 3>mountains given by the owner of the camp, singing worship

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<v Speaker 3>songs and everyone becoming very emotional. At one point, he

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<v Speaker 3>told all the campers to close their eyes and raise

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<v Speaker 3>their hands if they felt like they accepted Jesus into

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<v Speaker 3>their heart this week. I was absolutely nosy and peaked

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<v Speaker 3>and saw my best friend raise her hand, and because

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a girl's girl and definitely did not want to

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<v Speaker 3>be left out, I raised my hand too.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the right answer.

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<v Speaker 3>The speaker then asked us to lower our hands and

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<v Speaker 3>open our eyes and asked who would be brave enough

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<v Speaker 3>to come stand up front if we had raised our hand. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>Mama didn't raise no pussy. So I got up. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>so I got up and went to the front with

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<v Speaker 3>some reluctant others, expecting my best friend to come up too.

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<v Speaker 2>She did not.

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<v Speaker 3>So there I was standing up while the crowd cheered,

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<v Speaker 3>and my best friend got teary eyed, saying how glad

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<v Speaker 3>she was that I finally accepted Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>What the fuck, Chelsea?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh no. The speaker then asked us to write our

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<v Speaker 3>name in the Book of Life.

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<v Speaker 2>Whatever the fuck that was. That's a Jewish thing, is it.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh?

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<v Speaker 2>They's kind of blended a little.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, they still wn a lot of Shitah, go ahead, Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Really sorry on behalf of me and Chelsea. Sorry, that's

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<v Speaker 2>really funny. What if they were like.

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<v Speaker 3>Ex Jewish now they were born again Christian? But this

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<v Speaker 3>actually was kind of effective this one. Yeah, well, I

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<v Speaker 3>winkled my way out of that step and decided I

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<v Speaker 3>didn't think summer camp was for me anymore. So that's

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<v Speaker 3>really that's right where she stops. Anyway, thank you for

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<v Speaker 3>all you do. You've been my most reliable best friends

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<v Speaker 3>through years of postpartum depression, regular depression, and finding a

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<v Speaker 3>wonderful therapist to help unpack all that shit, partly due

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<v Speaker 3>to listening to you guys talk about the ways you

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<v Speaker 3>have benefited from therapy. You're both wonderful, stay sexy, and

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<v Speaker 3>definitely stay out of the forest at a Christian summer camp. Kate,

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<v Speaker 3>she her, Oh, that's really funny. She winkled her way

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<v Speaker 3>out of that one. Goal.

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<v Speaker 1>The last one's called the Anne Frank Sandwich Story. Hello,

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<v Speaker 1>I love you all, let's fucking go. For the past

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<v Speaker 1>ten years, I have been the proud stepmom to Ella

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<v Speaker 1>twenty and Sam twenty three, and I myself have a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty rad step mom. This story took place when Ella

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<v Speaker 1>was around seven. My husband and I had been struggling

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<v Speaker 1>to get Ella to eat the lunches we packed her

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<v Speaker 1>for school. The excuses were rampant, ran out of time,

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have a fork, an alien invaded the lunch room, etc.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a temporarily frustrating time in our lives, to

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<v Speaker 1>be sure, and many grapes were sacrificed. One day after school,

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<v Speaker 1>Ella was telling me about her day and what she learned.

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<v Speaker 1>As she did so, her excitement grew.

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<v Speaker 2>She wrote a book.

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<v Speaker 1>She's famous, as if the subject were a pop culture celebrity.

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<v Speaker 1>As I listened, it did not seem as if said

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<v Speaker 1>historical figure's whole story had been told, and I started

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<v Speaker 1>to wonder what the fuck to say to help her

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<v Speaker 1>understand the horror and atrocity, and Frank endured without crushing

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<v Speaker 1>my sweet child's innocence. I asked her a few follow

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<v Speaker 1>ups as she unpacked her things, and we delicately made

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<v Speaker 1>our way around the topic until it seemed she started

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<v Speaker 1>to grasp the tiny bits of reality being sprinkled in,

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<v Speaker 1>and her fangirl tone became a little more balanced.

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<v Speaker 4>How do you she.

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<v Speaker 2>Wrote a book?

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<v Speaker 3>She was she was fed well, Also, it is exciting

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<v Speaker 3>that you're that age, and you would get a book

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<v Speaker 3>published like It's yeah, I'm sure she could.

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<v Speaker 2>I do that totally.

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<v Speaker 1>Deciding not to totally ruin her afternoon, I suggested she

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<v Speaker 1>go outside and play. As I unpacked her lunchbox, I

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<v Speaker 1>was once again greeted by uneaten sandwich. Taking a breath,

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<v Speaker 1>I went out back and simply asked why she hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>eaten that day. The usual response ensued, but this time

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<v Speaker 1>it broke me an exasperation one skipping the reminder about

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<v Speaker 1>her health and being able to focus in class, not

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<v Speaker 1>bothering to mention food waste for the million time, I

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<v Speaker 1>simply held up the rejected sandwich and said, all caps,

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<v Speaker 1>do you know who would have eaten this?

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<v Speaker 4>And frank oh.

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<v Speaker 1>Her little face crumbled, and thus one of my worst

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<v Speaker 1>slash best parenting stories was born. She's in college now,

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<v Speaker 1>and we both laugh whenever I humbly tell this story.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm fortunate to have built great relationships with both kids,

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<v Speaker 1>thus continuing to dismantle the wicked stepmother trope, but I

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<v Speaker 1>do still hate wasting food. Winky emoji thanks for everything

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<v Speaker 1>are oh wow, I bet it worked. I'm sure it worked.

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<v Speaker 3>And also that was very yet and yet again another

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<v Speaker 3>example of like your being very vulnerable with your own

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<v Speaker 3>fuck up.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I want to hear your fucked up stories because

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<v Speaker 1>we've told you all of ours.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, seriously, you've seen every fuck up, You've heard every

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<v Speaker 3>fuck up.

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<v Speaker 2>We've done it, done it, We've done in it to you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's your turn at my favorite murder at Gmail. If

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<v Speaker 1>you want to watch this video, is that it?

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<v Speaker 3>No? Oh, we got one last one and it's asshole.

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<v Speaker 2>Older sister stories.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi, ladies on Minnesota episode four oh six, you asked

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<v Speaker 3>for older sister stories, and I'm here to deliver. My

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<v Speaker 3>sister is five years younger than me and has always

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<v Speaker 3>been very gullible. Here are a few of my favorite

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<v Speaker 3>older sister moments. When she was about three or four,

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<v Speaker 3>I told her that our mom did not carry or

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<v Speaker 3>give birth to her. Instead, she found a giant egg

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<v Speaker 3>in a Dollar General dumpster and hatched her from it.

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<v Speaker 3>I told her that she could never tell our parents

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<v Speaker 3>she knew this information because it was a huge family secret.

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<v Speaker 3>She cried for days and believed as for years, but

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<v Speaker 3>oh my god, but eventually told our parents that she

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<v Speaker 3>knew where she came from. It's now a running joke

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<v Speaker 3>in our family, and I still can't believe she thought

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<v Speaker 3>this was true for so many years.

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<v Speaker 2>She was a child.

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<v Speaker 4>She was a child.

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<v Speaker 3>You lied to her, and you're her older sister, a studio.

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<v Speaker 3>You hold the reality of the world in your hands.

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<v Speaker 3>I would also tell her that the ginger served with

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<v Speaker 3>sushi was ham, and she would eat the weird ham

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<v Speaker 3>every time we eat sushi. I also told her what

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<v Speaker 3>Sabby was pistachioizing, and she ate the whole chunk of

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<v Speaker 3>it at once when she was ten. You're mean, love

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<v Speaker 3>you and everything you do. Stay sexy and keep lying

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<v Speaker 3>to your younger sisters. Lindsey, No, that's trauma. That is

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<v Speaker 3>just trauma. The first time I ate was Sabby, I

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<v Speaker 3>was just looking at my friend, like what's going to happen?

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<v Speaker 2>It scared the shit out of me.

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<v Speaker 4>But like sinus clearing feeling, that's insane.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, But like when you don't know, like I had

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<v Speaker 3>no context of what it was. It's radish, so it's like,

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<v Speaker 3>oh yeah, radish, it has that. But like when you

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<v Speaker 3>just put in your mouth you don't know. I thought

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<v Speaker 3>the back of my head was gonna like blow out.

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<v Speaker 3>It was crazy, all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, Okay, now please my Favorite Murder in Gmail. This

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<v Speaker 1>is all on video that we're gonna put up in

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<v Speaker 1>the fan calt if you want to watch.

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<v Speaker 3>It, Oh yeah, you want to, like just intently stare

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<v Speaker 3>at each other while we also read yeah, it's fun,

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<v Speaker 3>do it. Come on, stay sexy and don't get murdered.

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<v Speaker 1>Good by, Elvis. Do you want a cookie?

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<v Speaker 2>This has been an exactly right production.

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