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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.4	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Sandra, welcome to the program.
0:14.3	Hello, Dr. Laura, a long time listener.
0:18.5	And thank you for taking my call.
0:22.5	I am... and thank you for taking my call. I have, I'm trying to figure out how I can begin with you so it's not crazy complicated.
0:32.7	It isn't.
0:33.3	My sister is actually my niece.
0:35.6	She's 53.
0:37.7	How can your sister be your niece?
0:41.1	Well, when I was 11, my biological sister died and had two kids.
0:48.5	And my parents adopted them when I was 11.
0:52.8	I see.
0:53.4	And I raised them. I see. And I raised them.
0:56.6	I gave up a lot for them.
0:59.0	And I, for my parents' sake, and I practically helped raise them.
1:04.6	So now that I'm visiting Florida.
1:07.2	How old were you and you practically raised them?
1:09.6	How old were you?
1:12.1	11. How can you raise kids in 11? I don't know what you're talking about.
1:17.4	Well, they both worked. I didn't, you know, after school, I was responsible for their care.
1:26.4	Ah. So, yeah, they both. we were in a very, a real financial pickle after she died.
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