The Moth

Like Tears in Rain

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A young woman learns that her mother is facing a deadly illness. 

Tags Family Performing Cancer Death Grief Loss Adversity Communication Medicine Legacy Sad Tragic Wistful Regretful Nostalgic Mature content

Storyteller

Clementine Ford

Featured on

John DeVore & Clementine Ford

Original Air Date

May 17, 2016

Recorded Date

May 17, 2016

“They said that they’d spend the rest of eternity together, dancing off the shoulder of Orion.”

Photo by Victoria Baldwin
Clementine Ford

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