A Story About Sacrifice and the Most Valuable Thing We Have

Mothers sacrifice. It's part of the job description. But in this short audio story the mother's sacrificial living really began when the heavy lifting of motherhood for most moms ends—when our kids go to college. 

Jenny Carter's son, Sean, sustained a traumatic brain injury in a car crash when he was a college student. He can't walk and can speak only through a computer. He interviewed his mother, who's his full-time caregiver, at StoryCorps.

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A Fun StoryCorps Piece That's Also a Story Lesson

This short audio piece from StoryCorps is charming and packed with a little lesson in story. Listen and learn something about conversational storytelling skill from the characters. 

Two people are simply reminiscing about their former Sunday School teacher, but their laughter is irresistible, their voices are character rich, and their wording is memorable which draws you into the story— a great example of the power of audio.

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