Lulu Miller

Is it still true for you that the brightest moments in space and time for you were with them?

Huge thanks to Charity for sharing her story with us.

There is a beautiful new documentary about Charity's journey.

Just came out and it's winning all kinds of awards.

It's called Space Hope and Charity.

To check it out, schedule a screening and learn more, visit spacehopecharityfilm.com.

This episode was produced by Jessica Young.

It was sound designed by Dylan Keefe and fact-checked by Diane Kelly.

Special thanks to Jad Abumrad and Megan Stielstra.

Finally, a big special thanks to Charity's brother, Michael Woodrum, her sister-in-law, Gina Vivona, and the singer Claire Riley Rowe, who together wrote Charity that song while she was grieving.

It's called Sky Full of Ghosts, and I listened to it easily a hundred times or so while working on this piece.

And I wanted to end today by playing it here.

So, let me just... We are recording. Good.

So, let me just... We are recording. Good.

So, let me just... We are recording. Good.

Okay. Watching the television with her.

Okay. Watching the television with her.

Okay. Watching the television with her.

Oh, yeah. Going to unknown, exciting places like the shag-carpeted living room of my mother. Uh... No, and so we're sitting there, and, you know, my mother's hearing. It's not what it once was. And so, like most nights, she was watching with the closed captioning on. Oh, absolutely same. All right, right on.

Oh, yeah. Going to unknown, exciting places like the shag-carpeted living room of my mother. Uh... No, and so we're sitting there, and, you know, my mother's hearing. It's not what it once was. And so, like most nights, she was watching with the closed captioning on. Oh, absolutely same. All right, right on.