In November 2019, three years before Mom died, I recorded a conversation with both of my parents at their kitchen table in Minnesota. It captures something different than the voicemails - the rhythm of their sixty-year marriage, my father's quiet presence, the ordinary moments that make up a family. Mom’s sense of responsibility for others' well-being was central to her worldview. It shaped how she mothered, how she participated at church, and how she approached marriage. Love, for her, was bound up with duty, with putting others first, with being perpetually available and attentive to needs.
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The Silence Between Hello
When my mom died, I had over 30 minutes of voicemails on my phone. The Silence Between Hello is a podcast about what remains when distance, faith, and memory reshape a relationship. These voicemails, one-way conversations spanning Mom’s final years, are not just recordings of her voice, but artifacts of something bigger. They tell a story about the complexity of love across difference and distance, encompassing pain and tenderness, misunderstanding and recognition.
When my mom died, I had over 30 minutes of voicemails on my phone. The Silence Between Hello is a podcast about what remains when distance, faith, and memory reshape a relationship. These voicemails, one-way conversations spanning Mom’s final years, are not just recordings of her voice, but artifacts of something bigger. They tell a story about the complexity of love across difference and distance, encompassing pain and tenderness, misunderstanding and recognition.
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