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In the early 1990s M.J. Seide met her partner, Marty Jacobson, who had previously been married and raised children. Seide became part of Jacobson's family and developed a close relationship with Jacobson's 12-year-old granddaughter, Genna Alperin.
Here, Seide talks with Alperin, about falling in love with her partner, Marty.
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In the early 1990s M.J. Seide met her partner, Marty Jacobson, who had previously been married and raised children. Seide became part of Jacobson's family and developed a close relationship with Jacobson's 12-year-old granddaughter, Genna Alperin.
Here, Seide talks with Alperin, about falling in love with her partner, Marty.
Broadcast History
NPR's Morning Edition 2/12/10
Transcript
GA: How has your life been different than what you thought it was gonna to be?
MS: I thought that my life was probably not one that was gonna be worth living. There was this hole that I had all of my life because, I never thought I'd be able to walk along the beach and hold somebody's hand because I'm gay. But, you know, when I fell in love with Mamommy, I knew that she was my soulmate. Do you know what I mean by that?
GA: Yeah.
MS: I'd never felt that way about anyone before. And um, after she had gotten her divorce from grandpa Jim, she was very upfront with your mom. She told your mom that she was in love, and it was with a woman. And that was the first time that anyone was proud to say that they loved me. That made me the happiest I'd ever been in my life. And then, when I got to know your mom and uncle Justin, I knew that I had hit paradise because I now have a fami...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO: * Written to come out of Elizabeth Blair's 50 Great Voices story on
KD Lang.
[STORYCORPS MUSIC]
We've been listening to the voices of Americans across the country ...
... through STORYCORPS.
Today -- ahead of Valentine's Day -- we'll hear M-J Seide [SIGH-dee]
tell her granddaughter ...
... what happened once she fell in love.
M-J met her partner in the early 90s.
Her partner had been married -- and raised children.
M-J soon embraced her new extended family ...
... especially her 12-year-old granddaughter, Genna Alperin.
OUTRO:Genna Alperin with her grandmother, M-J Seide [SIGH-dee], at StoryCorps
in Norfolk, Virginia.
Their conversation will be archived at the American Folklife Center at
the Library of Congress.
Sign up for the project's podcast at NPR-dot-ORG.
[STORYCORPS FUNDER -- on ME Shelf]
This is NPR News.
Additional Credits
NPR, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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