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How a grandmother helped her granddaughter to find her voice

By Jo Corona
Published September 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM CDT

Mary Lee McNelis suffers from a speech impediment. But her mother and grandmother never gave up on her. They reminisce with StoryCorps about Mary's long journey to finding her voice.

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