StoryCorps Shorts: Heart to Heart
Special | 2m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
Yomi, who has a rare genetic disorder, asks her mom to tell her about the night she was born.
In 1972, Sarah Churchill gave birth to her third child, Yomi. After she was born, doctors told her the baby had a rare genetic disorder that causes bones to break under the slightest pressure. At StoryCorps, Yomi asked her mom to tell her about the night she was born.
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StoryCorps Shorts: Heart to Heart
Special | 2m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
In 1972, Sarah Churchill gave birth to her third child, Yomi. After she was born, doctors told her the baby had a rare genetic disorder that causes bones to break under the slightest pressure. At StoryCorps, Yomi asked her mom to tell her about the night she was born.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪♪ [Text] In 1972, Yomi Young was born with a rare genetic disorder that causes bones to break under the slightest pressure.
At StoryCorps, Yomi asked her mother Sarah Churchill about that day.
Sarah Churchill: Your skull was fractured; your arms, your ribs, your legs.
And they said that you would probably die during the night...
So the best thing would be to leave you at the hospital; but there was no way that I was going to leave you there.
And they had a rocking chair; and I would sit there and hold you.
And I remember our hearts touched each other.
I used to always say, “We have one heart, you and I.” Yomi Young: So, what was it like caring for me throughout the years?
SC: Well, I remember giving you a bath.
And you turned your arm, and I heard it.
YY: The bone snap?
SC: Yeah... And you were crying; I’m crying.
YY: I used to keep track of my fractures, but then they just got out of control.
I would fall or, I remember one time, one of my sisters dropped an orange on me, and that broke something.
I mean, you could look at me too hard and I would break.
So I have my down periods, but I don’t always have to articulate every single thing because you get it.
You understand... You know one of my regrets is that I didn’t have my own children, and I think one of the biggest desires for wanting to mother is to be able to carry on this legacy of love that you started with me.
You tell me often that you believe I picked you.
SC: I think children come as a gift to their parent.
YY: I don’t know if I’ve ever told you this, but I also feel like you picked me.
If you had walked away and left me there when I was born, nobody would have looked askance.
SC: But I felt that you were a part of me.
So, I knew that I made the right decision.
YY: And I’ve always admired you for that.
SC: It’s my honor.
[Text] Seven years after their StoryCorps conversation, Yomi became a mother, adopting a daughter.
Sarah visits often to spend time with them both.
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