Boston Marathon 2013

Caryn Willardsen descibed her personal experience of qualifying for and running the 2013 Boston Marathon. She describes witnessing and processing the Boston Bombing.

Memories and Hurricane Katrina

I conversation with my mother about her experience and losses surrounding hurricane Katrina.

APUSH-mom interview

I asked my mother about 9/11 and her original thoughts about what had happened. She told me about where she was when she heard that it happened along with about how she felt afterwards.

Joy

I weave my life into the greater story of 1934 to the present, the Great Depression, rural America, the child games we played, while man I would marry fire bombed Tokyo,the second world war, repression of the 1950s,west coast jitters...

1997 Flood

Events that took place during the flood of 1997 in Grand Forks, ND as remembered by my mother.

Boston Bombing

Interview with Kayla about her feelings concerning the Boston bombing

Perseverance

Jon sims tells about how he overcame a flooded basement