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Second Nature

Season 9 Episode 15 | 26m 24s

Sometimes what guides us most feels as natural as breathing. Barbara Best discovers the power of faith and care in the midst of uncertainty; Healy Lange reflects on the lasting impact made by the woman who became her second mother; and, in a moment of fear, Amy Cuomo realizes her first instinct is to protect.

Aired: 04/26/26
Stories from the Stage is a collaboration of WORLD and GBH.
Extras
Love changes. People leave. Time moves on. But some love leaves a mark that lasts.
We’re taught to protect the heart – until love asks us to lead with it
Truth can be more unbelievable than anything imagined.
Sometimes, determination calls for creativity.
The path to – and through – motherhood is rarely a straight line.
Sometimes what guides us most feels as natural as breathing.
Not all gifts come neatly wrapped or arrive when we expect them.
Love is rarely simple, and it almost never looks the way we imagine it will.
What is home? A house filled with memory? A country we long for? A person we can’t live without?
Life delivers moments that are so strange, so charged, they linger long after they’ve passed.
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Love changes. People leave. Time moves on. But some love leaves a mark that lasts.
We’re taught to protect the heart – until love asks us to lead with it.
Truth can be more unbelievable than anything imagined.
Sometimes, determination calls for creativity.
The path to – and through – motherhood is rarely a straight line.
Not all gifts come neatly wrapped or arrive when we expect them.
Love is rarely simple, and it almost never looks the way we imagine it will.
What is home? A house filled with memory? A country we long for? A person we can’t live without?
Life delivers moments that are so strange, so charged, they linger long after they’ve passed.
What does it mean to find home? Is it lost family? A chosen community? Or living your own truth?