Mary and Martha Page #7

Mary's boy.

And these are just some

of the children I met

in Mozambique where

both of our sons died.

This one is Sebastian.

A little bit of a joker.

This is Anecia.

She wanted to be a teacher.

And Daniel here

played the clarinet.

Pass them along.

All of them, all these sons

and all these daughters

are all now dead.

Would you like us to

make another appointment

with the committee

in a year's time and come back

then with half a million

more photographs?

I'm sorry.

Sorry? You were

magnificent!

Your father and I both

thought you were magnificent.

No, no, no, no.

I mean I'm...

I'm sorry I took George away.

I never said I'm sorry.

And I'm sorry you weren't

in the little school,

and I'm sorry you

weren't on the beach,

and I'm glad you

weren't in the hospital

holding his hand,

but I am so sorry

I never said sorry.

It's OK.

It's OK now.

Yeah?

Yeah.

WOMAN ON TV:
Some of the most

powerful men and women of the Senate

were visibly moved.

Tidewater local

Mary Morgan's testimony

in front of the Senate

appropriations committee

was a passionate,

personal plea.

With fellow mother

Martha O'Connell,

who herself lost

a son to malaria...

Martha.

The women asked families

across the country

to join them in raising money

for malaria

prevention and treatment.

MARY ON TV:
For $10

dollars you can buy a net,

which actually saves lives

for the price

of 3 coffees at Starbucks,

lives that are as valuable

as our sons' life.

Well, we don't actually

believe that,

but we know we should,

and we know it's true.

Here they come

One for everyone.

OK. Form a line.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

Yeah, pass!

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

You know, when I was young,

I used to be obsessed

with the pop charts.

Really?

Yeah.

And ever since, I've always loved

to put my life into charts.

You know, like when

I was at school,

I had a chart

of my best friends,

and when David Willoughby

kissed me,

he was at number one

for 11 weeks

till he kissed my best friend.

He shot straight

down to number 37.

And I'm still doing it.

Should we do our best 3, hmm?

Let's do it. Yeah.

OK.

Number 3, the day

my Ben was born.

Oh, it hurt a lot,

but that was a wonderful day.

Hmm.

Georgie,

he took 27 hours to come out.

Yeah. So it was

more than a day,

but that's a good 3.

Yeah.

Two, second best thing.

Nice!

Ha ha! Nice! Nice!

Today.

For the first time in a year,

I'm glad to be alive.

So number one, best thing ever.

Every single moment

George was alive.

And every single moment

my Ben was alive.

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