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In this interview, conducted on November 19, 2018 over the phone, Payton James (14) in McKinney, Texas, interviews her grandpa, Ed James (82), in Bonita Springs, Florida about his life and upbringing. Mr. James shares stories about his children and...

This interview is about how my great grandmother grew up, how she met her husbands and about her grandparents. She mostly spoke about her life in marriage, her husband from a young age and her other ones so on. She...

Today is my grandpa’s 72nd Birthday. To celebrate, I asked him several questions about his life as a kid and teenager and adult. We talked about how he grew up in a small town in the south and how he...

Amada Leaños starts with how she grew up in Dallas right next to a quaint church. She spent her childhood with her parents, many siblings, family friends, and the priest next door living very humbly and religiously. Growing up she...

Mother’s journey growing up with a single mom, losing her husband to cancer and in her times in quarantine.

From September 1968 to September 2018, stories of courtship, love, travel and advice. Neil and Kathleen Pope Hughes, long-time Washingtonians married for 50 years.

Beverly’s childhood and beliefs.

Andrea Reed (41) talks to her aunt Peggy Allen (77) about their memories of their community at Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem, New York. Together, they reflect on faith, family recipes, and their relationship with each other.

Mrs.Joy was kind enough to share her life experiences with me and I am forever grateful. She is a military widow who owns her own daycare. Being a combat veteran myself, I had countless questions because of the many intersections...

One Small Step conversation partners Jack Howe (66) and Shelly Fraiser (42) shares stories and discuss topics related to adulthood friendship, the effects of alcoholism, and the place of politics in the work place.