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Barbara Dundon moved her mother, Dorothy Lang, to a nearby assisted living facility during the last years of her life so that she could be close to her.
Here, she and her husband, Jack, remember the last few years they spent with Dorothy before her death in 2007.
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Barbara Dundon moved her mother, Dorothy Lang, to a nearby assisted living facility during the last years of her life so that she could be close to her.
Here, she and her husband, Jack, remember the last few years they spent with Dorothy before her death in 2007.
Transcript
BD: She met Robert when she was 90 and he was 17 years her junior. He was a hot number there for all the women and he was hot for mom. He brought her flowers, cards, and she flourished under this love and attention.
JD: Tell about Christmas.
BD: Christmas with Robert.(laughs) We came over Christmas Eve as we always did and I said as we were leaving, ‘We’ll see you tomorrow, Mom. How about ten o’clock? Is that a good time?’ Cause we were coming back with the presents. We always had Christmas morning opening up presents—why would this be any different. The next morning we arrived, started to open the door and it was locked. I said, ‘Mom, we’re here! ‘ Nothing happened and we heard voices in the room and shuffle, shuffle, I hear mom’s little walker coming toward the door, “Oh honey, I’ll be right there.” And we walk in and there’s Robert, and he was putting his shoes back on! (laughs)...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:Going in to the Mother's Day weekend ...
... we'll hear about a mom ... from StoryCorps.
Barbara and Jack Dundon [DONE-din] sat down to talk about Barbara's late mother, Dorothy Lang.
Dorothy spent her final years in an assisted living home ...
... so her daughter and son-in-law could be nearby.
But as it turned out ...
... THEY weren't the only ones who wanted to be close to her.
OUTRO:Jack and Barbara Dundon [DONE-din] at StoryCorps in New York City.
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NPR, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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