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Subject: Joe, if you read this, please compliment DQ writers on this particular episode?

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Heidi (really touched)

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Date Posted: Saturday, September 08, 11:13:04pm

Hi Joe, I'm watching "When A Child Is Born" and the one particular scene that touched me was when Michaela's mother thanked Emma, the former prostitute for making a gift for the baby. I wanted to ask you to thank the writers if you ever talk to them again. Quick story. I'm one of nine and my father abandoned my mother with all of us. He just walked away and paid no support. We didn't even know where he was. My mother was on welfare for two years, got job training and went to work full time for the phone company. She used to work in a rough section of Boston that used to be the combat zone. Prostitutes roamed the streets. But my mother told me once that those prostitutes used to wait till the operators got out of work, walk them to the train station and make sure they got out of the combat zone safely. She never said a bad word about them. She had this understanding of people and where they came from and the hard times they had. I read in the paper once where a woman called them trash and my heart just broke for those women. She taught me never to look down on them. My mother is dead now. She died five years ago but she taught us some really good lessons. Tonight's episode brought me back to that and I was happy to see Emma treated well. I know it's just a show but it was one of those moments that is just like slipping into a warm bath.

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Author: Martha [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Sunday, September 09, 05:56:01pm That is a beautiful story, Heidi. Thanks for sharing it!

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Re: Joe, if you read this, please compliment DQ writers on this particular episode?

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Heidi (happy)
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Date Posted: Tuesday, September 11, 05:03:13pm

You're welcome Martha. My mother used to come out with things that totally amazed me at times. One time, my sister was working in an office at Marshall's Department Store and she would take applications for employment and recommend whether or not a person got hired. She told my mother that if people weren't dressed nicely, she'd recommend that they not be hired. My mother told her that some people couldn't afford nice clothes and that's why they were looking for a job. She had this way of causing you to see people in their need and not be judgemental of those with less but have empathy.

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Author: Martha [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Thursday, September 13, 09:48:35am Ah, Heidi. Your mother sounds like a wonderful person. I'm glad you have those memories :)