The Story

Vesta Foshee died peacefully in the early hours of July 1, 2006. Her son, Donald, who cared for her in her final years, thought he had one less care when he called the funeral home that morning. Vesta had prepaid her funeral expenses in 1979. Don found, instead, that his burdens were just beginning. Clayton Smart, the new owner of Forest Hill Funeral Home, had decided that very day to invalidate over 13,000 prepaid funeral plans.

Adrienne Johnson wrote in after hearing our story about Reuben Appelman and his encounter with a childhood enemy on Facebook. Adrienne says her story is similar, except that she probably has more in common with the enemy. 

One of the most pressing health issues of our time is the dramatic rise of diabetes in this country. David Damiano has Type One or juvenile diabetes - he was diagnosed when he was just 11 months old.

At the time, his parents Ed Damiano and Toby Milgrome had little idea of how to care for their son, despite the fact that Toby is a pediatrician.

Angelina Rios has eight children; five of them have autism.  The diagnoses began with her third child, Jesus. After Jesus was diagnosed, Angelina started looking at her other children and wondering if autism might explain the behavior of Juan, Justo, Angel and Angelina. Caring for the children is a full-time job, but in the last couple of years, the Rios family has come up with an inventive kind of therapy—using music from movie soundtracks. Angelina joins Dick Gordon to talk about the improvements in her kids since she first got the idea to play them music from Star Wars.