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Stories with keyword: mother

Butterfly

Susanne is the mother of two kids, Tori and Liam, when she and her husband decide to have a third. After four miscarriages that keep Susanne pregnant for a year with no resulting baby, she finally sustains a pregnancy all … Continue reading →

Keywords babies, baby, baby loss, butterflies, butterfly, delivery, failed, grief, heartbeat, IN, Indiana, Indianapolis, infant loss, Live story, miscarriage, mother, mourning, pregnancy, stillbirth, ultrasound

Stronger

At five years old, Stephanie lives with her parents in Las Vegas, and is especially close to her father, who’s a long-haul trucker, and spends all his time when he’s home being her best buddy. Very early one morning, Stephanie’s … Continue reading →

Keywords ambulance, arrest, auto repair, bedroom, blood, bravery, break-in, canine, childhood, cops, criminal, dad, disaster zone, dog attack, father, fleeing, home invasion, injury, intruder, Las Vegas, leg, mom, mother, Nevada, NV, police, Radio story, resilience, stitches, strength, tire, trashed, trauma, truck driver, trucker

In the Blood

Growing up, Myriah’s mother is an alcoholic, as well as bipolar, and though the two have a close relationship, it’s codependent, with Myriah’s mom counting on her to be a responsible caretaker and rescuer at all times. One night, when … Continue reading →

Keywords abuse, addiction, alcoholic, alcoholism, bipolar, blood, codependency, drinking, dysfunctional family, emancipation, EMTs, fracture, Hepatitis C, impulsive, incoherent, injury, Live, mental illness, Minneapolis, Minnesota, mother

Interview: Tracy and Kevin Allison

Kevin Allison interviews Tracy about the process of creating and performing her shocking and deeply emotional story “Transcendent” as part of the Live From Philly episode. The interview contains excerpts from Tracy’s story.

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The Carnival

Single mom Sarah and her two year-old son Shane move into the top floor of a house in upstate New York. An angry, reclusive old man named Bill lives next door, and Sarah’s warned that he’s the “town crank.”  Shane … Continue reading →

Keywords aging, Best of RISK!, carnival, child, death, diabetes, grumpy, hermit, isolation, Live, loneliness, mother, moving, New York, parent, recluse, senior citizen, single mom, The Jane Mutiny, Toronto, upstate, widow

The Long Road

Leslie was a musician carrying a history of family addiction and trauma in her life. She was asleep, with her boyfriend staying over, when a burglar with a gun broke into their home. He started talking to Leslie while taking … Continue reading →

Keywords addiction, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, altered, boyfriend, break-in, brother, burglar, cocaine, cowboy, drive, drugs, ecstasy, escape, escape plan, family, gun, gunpoint, healing, heart condition, highway, hostage, kevin's pick, MDMA, motel, mother, music, music therapy, musician, overdose, police, pot, PTSD., Radio, recovery, robber, singer, songwriter, stealing, strategize, strategy, thief, threat, threatening, trauma, tripping, weed, X

Sister Act

Amy understands even as a small child that her relationship with her mother isn’t loving, nurturing or happy, like the ones she sees in storybooks. But when her half-sister is born, her mother casts Abbie as the flawless angel to … Continue reading →

Keywords abusive, actor, actress, Anne Frank, child star, cleaner, cleaning lady, competitive, conditional love, dancer, Diary of Anne Frank, dysfunctional family, emotional abuse, Holocaust, house cleaner, Jewish, Live, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, mom, mother, Nazis, nurse, past life, prison, psychic, reincarnation, retrocognition, show business, sibling rivalry, singer, sister, stage mother, talent agent, triple threat, Yiddish

Transcendent

Tracy is a sophomore at Bard College searching for transcendental experiences to escape from the grief she’s been carrying inside. When she takes mushrooms for the first time, the initial good trip gives way to feelings of suicidality. The next … Continue reading →

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