StoryCorps: Fanni Green and Danyealah Green-Lemons
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Length: 01:38
In this piece you’ll hear a story about the difficulties of caring for an aging parent.
Fanni Green came to one of our mobile recording booths in Tampa, Florida to talk about her mother, Pauline Green, whose health and mobility had begun to fail. Fanni realized that her mother was no longer able to live on her own.
Here, she tells her daughter, Danyealah, about her decision to move her mother into an assisted living facility.
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Piece Description
In this piece you’ll hear a story about the difficulties of caring for an aging parent.
Fanni Green came to one of our mobile recording booths in Tampa, Florida to talk about her mother, Pauline Green, whose health and mobility had begun to fail. Fanni realized that her mother was no longer able to live on her own.
Here, she tells her daughter, Danyealah, about her decision to move her mother into an assisted living facility.
Broadcast History
NPR's Morning Edition 8.28.09
Transcript
FGL: Letting go, for my mother, was scary. And she would say, yes, she would go, one day and no, she wouldn't go, the next. And so I called the mother of my best friend. And I said, "what do I do?"
And she said, "mothers can never resist their children when their children simply bare their hearts. So don't go in and try to be strong for your mom. Don't go in making her try to do anything. Just look your mom in the eye, and tell her you need her help in order for you to help her."
And I did. And she looked back at me, and she said, "I will go. Though I'm so scared, I will go."
And I put my head in her lap, and I cried. But she didn't. She put her hand under her chin like she does, and she just looked off to the side. And then when I got done crying she said, "well, we better go do this before I change my mind".
Read the full transcript
Intro and Outro
INTRO:Time now for StoryCorps -- the project that's recording YOUR stories across the country.
Today we hear from Fanni Green, in Tampa, Florida.
She came to StoryCorps to talk about her mother, Pauline Green...
... and about the difficulties of caring for aging parents.
Last year, when Pauline's health and mobility began to fail, Fanni realized that her mother was no longer able to live on her own.
Here, Fanni tells her daughter about moving her mother into an assisted living facility.
OUTRO:That's Fannie Green with her daughter, Danyealah (Dan - YAY - lah) Green - Lemons, at StoryCorps in Tampa, Florida.
This interview will be archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Get the project's podcast at NPR-dot-ORG.
[STORYCORPS FUNDER] CPB + The Kaplen Foundation
This is NPR News.
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| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| So Breaks Yesterday | Pullman | Turnstyles & Junkpiles. | Thrill Jockey Records | 1998 | 00:28 |
Additional Credits
NPR, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Kaplen Foundation
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