“My Baby's Leaving Home”

This episode of Tell Us Something was recorded in front of a live audience on April 6, 2017 at Free Ceramics in Helena, MT. 9 storytellers shared their story. The theme was “The First Time”.

Today’s podcast comes to us from Elizabeth Rivard and is titled  “My Baby’s Leaving Home”. Thank you for listening.

Elizabeth Rivard is on the phone with her daughter, who is traveling in London, when her daughter begins yelling, “Oh no! Oh, no!”

Elizabeth Rivard is the tenth of eleven children and was raised in Buffalo, NY. She spent her twenties in Seattle doing various things such as working at the Pike Place Market, bicycle messengering and studying massage therapy. She settled in Helena 24 years ago and raised her son and daughter here. Currently, Elizabeth is institutionalized at the VA Monday – Friday. In her “off” time, she enjoys being outside hiking and working in her garden. She usually has some sort of creative project in the works.