When Claire was one and Georgia was two, I got diagnosed with stage three cancer. And then it did start to feel like this is what I wanted. The way he sits like his dad, the furrow of her brow, so much like her mom's,. Her flat feet, his luscious eyelashes, just like grandpas. You wrote in the New York Times that before our children become themselves, we claim them piece by piece.
Writer Kelly Corrigan always wanted a family. She craved the closeness and familiarity of a strong parent-child relationship. When her daughters were little, she relished knowing everything about their lives. But as her daughters grew older, the physical and emotional distance between Kelly and her daughters grew, too. While Kelly knew to expect this transition, it still broke her heart. In this conversation, Maya and Kelly reckon with the question of what parents and children owe each other.
For more on Kelly, check out her podcast, "Kelly Corrigan Wonders" and her PBS show, "Tell Me More."
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