Website:
http://www.geocities.com/curieyouthradio
Additional Credits and Funding:
Omar Macias, a member of Curie Youth Radio in 2005, wrote and produced this piece after he joined the Marines.
Tones:
Intimate,
Real,
Sad
Language:
English
Description:
Omar joined the Marines this year. His piece tries to end a battle with his mother about signing up in the first place.
This letter to a mother shows us the love that remains between a mother and son who cannot find a common ground. It gives us a glimpse of the fear and anxiety of a parent of a new recruit as well as the bittersweet certainty of an eighteen-year-old who naturally believes in his own immortality.
This piece was broadcast on Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ 91.5, on March 18, 2005.
