Diaz-Rivera-Cleveland, Linda; Diaz-Rivera, Michael (mother/son). Penrose Public Library, 2009-10-03T12:30:00

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Interview Description

Michael Diaz-Rivera (23) interviews his mother, Linda Diaz-Rivera-Cleveland (46) about her life, focusing on her experience as a mother.

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00:31 Linda talks about her parents and how she was influenced by them.

03:45 Linda talks about growing up at an early age and going through some difficult times. She knew from an early age that she wanted to be a mom.

09:46 Michael asks Linda to list 5 good and 5 bad qualities about him.

12:02 Linda shares her favorite quotation, and Michael asks her to complete the sentence from Forrest Gump, "Life is like... "

14:15 Linda talks about being a mother, a friend, and a daughter.

17:00 Michael asks his mom to design a billboard if she were to sell Michael. Michael does the same for his mom.

19:13 Linda offers Michael advice for the future. Both talk about what he might be like as a father.

22:19 Linda talks more about her childhood, and her parent's personalities.

25:37 Linda, on being a single parent. Michael talks about how it's impacted his views of women.

27:14 Linda talks about always wanting to be mom, and how she finally she came to be one. She talks about the differences between moms then and now.

31:30 Linda's first thoughts after giving birth to Michael.