Hi. I got to talk to a rockstar from my living room. I know, cool, right?
I prepared my questions and was all ready to go. Sweet Rachel Crow, she listened, she seemed genuinely honored to have some 37-year-old mother of four ask her questions. Yeah, she humored me.
For 8 minutes and 28 seconds, we talked adoption.
And, while the recorded interview is one worth watching, all of you missed the best part. Sorry.
At the end of the interview, this 37-year-old inexperienced interviewer stayed on the line. And, I’m just going to put this right on out there, apparently, no one realized I was there. My “Hello? Hello? I’m still here?”s didn’t mean much when they had me muted.
Then, the best part of whole interview happened (without me, mind you).
Rachel started talking to her mom.
Can you hear me? Could you see me? How did I do?
Oh, honey, you did great. You are doing just great. Good job.
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There I was, totally eavesdropping, waiting for someone interview-official of some sort to come on and tell me, “You can hang up now.” I had no idea what I was doing. But, what I heard over the next couple minutes as I waited (until I realized I was beginning to look creepy) truly was the best part of the whole interview. I heard a daughter, inviting her mother in, asking her for help, looking for the pat on the back. I heard a mother, present and interested, who didn’t want to be anywhere else but in that studio watching her daughter talk to complete strangers and sharing hard stuff, giving her gentle feedback, providing exactly what she needed.
THAT is the interview for foster care and adoption I’m sharing with you even though there’s nothing to show you, no recording, no transcript.
Foster care and adoption, the brokenness that they start with–that’s hard stuff. But, the relationship and reconciliation and redemption that they bring about–that’s what this month is all about.
Thank you, Rachel and Rachel’s mom, for a beautiful 2-3 minute interview that I was only an eavesdropper for.