Hidden Gifts
Preview: Season 9 Episode 14 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Not all gifts come neatly wrapped or arrive when we expect them.
Not all gifts come neatly wrapped or arrive when we expect them. Lena yearns for a doll that promises belonging, only to discover where she truly fits; Michelle finds unexpected support on the baseball field when her mother stands firmly in her corner; and Derek offers his grandfather space in a moment of loss – and later understands the gift he received in return.
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Stories from the Stage is a collaboration of WORLD and GBH.
Hidden Gifts
Preview: Season 9 Episode 14 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Not all gifts come neatly wrapped or arrive when we expect them. Lena yearns for a doll that promises belonging, only to discover where she truly fits; Michelle finds unexpected support on the baseball field when her mother stands firmly in her corner; and Derek offers his grandfather space in a moment of loss – and later understands the gift he received in return.
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LENA RIZKALLAH: The day of the party arrived, and my heart almost jumped out of my skin when I see Auntie Samira walking in with this big box and a wink.
MICHELLE HACHE: She didn't know what to yell, but she nailed it that day.
My mom was telling everybody there that nobody was going to tell her daughter that she couldn't play.
DEREK MACDONALD: I did choose, in that moment, to try to give him a different kind of gift.
I wanted to give him the privacy that he had always carved out for himself.
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