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Steven Wells came to StoryCorps in Macon, Geogia with his daughter, Jennifer.
Here Steven tells Jennifer how he felt about fatherhood.
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Steven Wells came to StoryCorps in Macon, Geogia with his daughter, Jennifer.
Here Steven tells Jennifer how he felt about fatherhood.
Broadcast History
NPR Morning Edition 4/22/11
Transcript
Steven Wells (SW): I was scared to death. Your mother had to stay in the hospital for a week and I had to bring you home by myself. I mean, I'm a blue collar kind of guy. I've worked in factories and construction; I was a firefighter -- and I've got a little baby girl in the house! What am I going to do with this? I'm afraid I'm going to break it! She's so tiny and so helpless! I was 29 years old and acting like I was 19 and all of a sudden I had to grow up.
Jennifer Wells (JW): I'm glad you didn't grow up too much. I was an only child so, you know, like, you were my playmate.
SW: I tried to be the father to you that my father never was to me. I'll never forget when I was about 10 years old, I was asking my dad to go out and play baseball with me. And he didn't want to go out with me and my mother started bugging him, "Come on, Bill, go out and play with the boy!" And I'll never fo...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:Time now for StoryCorps… and a look at what it's like being a new dad.
Jennifer Wells recently brought her father, Steven, to a StoryCorps booth in Macon, Georgia...
She asked her father to look back on the day she was born, 27 years ago… and how he felt about becoming a father.
OUTRO:"I was scared to death…than you know."
Steven Wells with his daughter, Jennifer, in Macon, Georgia.
Their interview will be archived along with ALL StoryCorps interviews at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
The project's podcast is at NPR Dot Org.
Additional Credits
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and The Marc Haas Foundation
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