Interview With Mom
Inspired by the podcasts of Gail, I decided to record an interview with Mom. I based the interview off of questions that I found here, although I wasn't able to complete it because Mom got tired. To get to the interview, click here.
Some things of note: My mom uses my real name once or twice in this interview, so if you listen to it, please don't start referring to me on the blog by my given name - use Karma. I figure that those of you who bother listening through the whole thing can be privy to the details of my life, but I don't want them listed on the blog, where they can be found through searches. Also, Mom tends to confuse the name of her husband and her father.
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posted by Karma @ 8:02 PM
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6 Comments:
Wow, I just listened to this. I'm speechless right now. Didn't know your dad (or grandfather) was born in Tel Aviv?
Love, S.
Ps: This is a great recording to have for posterity. I've probably learnt more about your mom today than when I used to hang out at your house in hs!
Thanks S. I agree that the recording will be a great thing to have for posterity. I'll have to make my sister a copy at some point; although I don't know if she'll appreciate hearing Mom's comment about how I was the good one and my sis gave her a hard time.
FYI - It was my father that was born in Tel Aviv. He immigrated to the States when he was 3 and 1/2.
I just listened to this interview and I'm grinning from ear to ear! First, you and your mother sounds amazingly alike! Second, I am SOOOO reminded of what it's like to interview my mom...and I love the way you are handling the interviewing! You are so gentle with your mother...and she is such a gentle soul.
Thank you for this! Makes me forget all the difficulties involved in interviewing Mom and think about doing it again. I downloaded the questionnaire you used. I like it.
Thank you again, Karma.
Yea! I'm so glad that you finally got to hear it. When I did it, I was thinking a lot about you, so I've been curious what you'd think about it. I recently found an interview that I did with Mom about 10 years ago, just at the beginning of the disease for her. I asked her a lot of the same questions. I'm going to figure out how to download it from tape onto a digital format and get it up on the blog.
Whoa, I hope you figure out a way to download the previous interview. One of the aspects of living with my mother, now, after having known her pretty closely for so many decades is that I am surprised that, in her dementia, she reveals a lot more of herself than she ever did. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you can find a way to transfer the earlier interview. I'd love to hear them and compare! Besides my own interest, I think it would make an interesting comparison; interview pre-dementia compared with interview in-dementia.
Exactly. It would be an amazing comparison.
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