"I was grieving knowing them in the way that you know someone who lives in your house," she says of her children. "It's so weird to me that something that was so consuming for me as a kid, it's like all I thought about." She and husband Edward produce three podcasts every week; they also have a TV show on PBS. The couple are expecting their second child this fall.
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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