Deepa Ambikar

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77 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 4 Aug

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The Moth · All Dressed Up: The Moth Radio Hour · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

So the woman took my hand and she's like, it's your first time, isn't it?

Don't worry, it gets easier.

And she turns to her grandson, who was about 10 years old, next to her and says, Johnny, go to the car and get this lady a shirt.

And a few seconds later, Johnny comes back and gets me a long sleeve shirt.

And the lady explained to me, I just keep a wardrobe in my car.

I never know when the officers are going to let me in.

So I always have extra clothing to let me in.

Just then, my number gets called to go in.

And I turn to the woman, and I say, well, how am I supposed to get this shirt back to you?

And she's like, don't worry, sweetie.

Just pay it forward.

So I was like, all right.

I put it on, and I go back to see Michael.

It was a short hour.

We tried to talk about neutral subjects, talked about we're going out to dinner.

It was nothing.

nothing major and at the end of our visit I tried to choke back the tears so he wouldn't see me cry and I just said you know see you later so I couldn't grasp the finality of the situation and I leave the visiting area and I'm in the glassed enclosed area to be processed out with hand stamps and everything and there's a small girl next to me maybe about four years old

And she's crying.

And she's crying not tears of, you know, a temper tantrum or someone stole her toy, but tears of sorrow.

And she goes to her mom who's standing next to her and was like, Mommy, I miss Daddy.

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