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I interview my mom about coming to the US from the Philippines, her thoughts on religion, and being a parent.

My mom and I talk about her past and how the people closest to her affected her identity and how her mistakes and learning from those mistakes influenced the strong and brilliant woman that my mom came to be.

Today, I am asking my Lolo Lester and Mama Dee about their lives growing up in the Philippines and moving to California.

David Tilson, a 92-year old World War 2 veteran, reminisces about his 43 months of service in England, and in the Philippines on a tugboat four days before the first atomic blast.

In this interview, I asked my dad questions about his childhood and his upcoming in Mindoro Philippines to his hard journey on making a living in the United States being the only sibling of his to immigrate to the country.

Part 1 if my mom’s interview it got cut off

My mother tells me, from her perspective, her experience growing up. From life in the Philippines to a full-time mother in the U.S