Shelby Pedzewick

After listening to the first act of this podcast, I questioned many
things. At first, I was confused on how Kay could go at least 40 plus years
without realizing that her daughter wasn’t actually her own, until the age of
69. If her whole church had known the rumors about the accidental switch of
babies for years, I find it suspicious that it took her so long to find out
herself. Especially with Sue’s real mother having so much interest in her. I
found the story hard to believe, until actually hearing their point of view and
their words. It surprises me that a secret could’ve been held in by so many
people for so long. The area of the podcast where Marti talks about weddings,
feeling left out and having her brother Bob not even dance with her, stood out
to me. She made me feel sympathy. This situation was probably hard enough, and
then feeling like you’re not good enough for a family already, it probably
  pushed her over the edge. Marti’s interview kind of opens up the eyes of the
  listeners. In the second act when Mrs. Miller explained her side of the story,
  it seems a little odd that she was so carefree and even laughs about it, kind
  of almost making a rude way of talking about it considering her daughter’s
  emotional roller coaster that she went on throughout her whole life. It kind of
  gives us listeners a weird vibe and wonders what could be going through her
  head, to make light of such a tough situation. Once she started talking about
  her husband Norbert, however, I feel like we could actually see her real
  emotions. I think her laughter was a nervous way of covering up her actual
feelings, and I think she was secretly very upset about this situation all
along. When she starts to cry and says “..But he didn’t realize what effect it
would have anybody”, about how he didn’t think they should tell the other family
and just wanted to let it be, you could really see into her heart. The tables
really turn at the end when Sue reads the letter from Faith, welcoming her into
the family but basically saying “you were better off that way”. That’s the
message I took from that. I feel like that could’ve either made Sue really
relieved, or shook her up emotionally even more. Every interviewee’s part of
this story opened up a new door of answered questions, sympathy, and confusion.
Together, though, it all came together and ended happily, with Sue and Marti
trying to get along and realizing that their life could be very different from
what it is.