How One Funny Story Launched My Mom's Career In Her 80s | Peggy Rowe From #483 (opens in new tab)

A few years ago, my mom lost her purse in a Walmart parking lot\. That sentence doesn’t sound like the beginning of an 80-million-view story, but here we are\. In this clip, my mom and I chat in front of a live audience, and she explains how a missing blue purse, a half-deaf husband digging through trash cans, and a woman named Beverly somehow turned into the moment that launched her writing career\. Honestly, I still can’t explain why this story hits people the way it does\. Maybe it’s becau...