Even when you need to #StayAtHome, we know you want to feel connected to your community. And creating empathy and understanding is vital in times of uncertainty.
So the Storytellers Project has put together a playlist of true, personal stories shared by your neighbors from across the country. These stories are uplifting. They showcase perseverance, family bonds, life-changing decisions, love and new beginnings as we connect over our most deeply held values. Look for it every Thursday.
Week 5 we see that all we need is love -- in all forms.
Love from across the aisle
A young idealistic Democrat, Ryan Moon assumes his love would have to share all his values. When Ryan gets his dream job of working at the State Capitol, he finds himself falling in love with the exact opposite -- a hard-working Republican with a prominent conservative father. Together, the couple will have to decide if their love is strong enough to cross the aisle. As he says: She spends her days making conservative policy, and he spends his days undoing it.
LISTEN TO WEEK 1: Uplifting Stories that restore our faith in humankind.
VIDEO: Watch as Ryan shares his story on stage in Des Moines, Iowa.
Good communication is everything
It's a crowded night at a bar in Tempe, Arizona, when Missy Keast spots a cute guy and the two lock eyes. Missy grabs a notepad from a waitress and starts writing a note because she's deaf. They hit it off and agree to go on a hike, but communication is rough. As they prepare for a hike, she teaches him that deaf people toss a pebble at the feet of their hiking partners to draw their attention to beautiful things on the trail. But her date is a goof and he tosses a whole rock, right past her head. Eventually, they work out their communication issues and today are married with children.
LISTEN TO WEEK 2: Stories about adventures that show us how strong we can be.
AUDIO: Listen as Missy shares her story.
Being your quirky self can be alluring
Vincent Malouf is new to Phoenix, and gets on Tinder to try to meet people. He mentions in his profile that he writes a perfume blog. Megan Finnerty gets on Tinder after a particularly shallow breakup. When she reads Vince's profile, she messages him, and mentions a very special and obscure perfume she had picked up in Paris. Now they have something fun to talk about! About a year later, she invites Vince to move in to her 435-square-foot studio apartment, and the first thing he moves is his perfume fridge. They appreciate how each was able to embrace their weird interests, and find love.
LISTEN TO WEEK 3: Stories that confirm family is everything.
AUDIO: Listen to Megan and Vince's charming love story.
A professional dilemma
Dating is hard for a young female pastor in rural America. Men in small towns know everything about Lindsey Braun, and so do the church ladies. When Lindsey moves to the city, options open for her dating life. But she must figure out how to square her profession with her personal life. A slew of dates leads to The One, but it turns out he's the son of a dedicated congregant. Lindsey must decide if she's willing to open her personal life to her congregation.
VIDEO: Watch Lindsey as she share her hilarious story on stage.
LISTEN TO WEEK 4: Stories that show us we have the strength and fortitude to persevere.
Sometimes love comes from playing games
Dani Ausen is a 30-something woman living in Des Moines, Iowa, and planning her wedding to her fiance, when one day a game of Dungeons and Dragons changes her life. A twist in the game leads Dani to realize that she has feelings for another player, a woman named Cat. This leads her to acknowledge that she always has been attracted to women, but suppressed her feelings. Eventually, she and her fiance break up and she is now in a loving, committed relationship with Cat.
STORY AND VIDEO: Read a transcript of Dani's story and watch her share it on stage.
Recovered memory recovers love
Adam Gonzales wakes up suffering total amnesia and doesn’t remember moving to Arizona, marrying his wife, blending their families and raising their three kids together. So Raquel, his wife, decides to start dating him -- right there in the hospital. For months, she courts him, and tries to convince him to stay in the marriage. Adam wants a divorce thinking his family is better off without him. But one morning, he wakes up and remembers a Thanksgiving from three years earlier. He's still missing the three years in which they got married and adopted each other's children, but the couple is thankful that Adam remembers falling in love and choosing Raquel.
AUDIO: Listen to both Adan and Raquel tell their heartbreaking and triumphant story.
Coming Next Week
Week 6 we see that all we need is love -- in all forms.
- A sober man speaks to at-risk youth to change their lives. But after countless meetings, one young man he connected with died, another lives on the street and one girl went missing. So, he gives up. But a year later, he sees the missing girl, now sober, and she says his story made a difference, and his faith is renewed.
- Marcus endured a childhood filled with turmoil, sells drugs and ends up in prison. There, he receives a letter from his mother that helps him regroup and return to society with a new mindset.
- A 50-something newspaper columnist tracks down her credit card thief with her husband. They find the thief, he goes to jail and her husband dies of cancer. She runs into the thief later, and he explains that his time in jail allowed him to get sober and that he has a new lease on life. She is comforted by his second chance.
- A Navajo woman grows up on the Reservation in Arizona and pursues her journalism education all the way to Columbia in New York City. A professor there discourages her from covering Indigenous communities, saying that no one will care about her people or her stories, but she later gets a job that puts her on the front page of USA TODAY.
- Hélène won the pageant to become "Wendy" for the fast-food chain, but she is also biracial, and she has to overcome her own fears before she can go for it.
- Brian was in middle school when he found out he was undocumented, and then he committed himself to building a life in spite of his status. He's now a journalist dedicated to helping tell the stories of the marginalized.
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