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StoryCorps in KC: Ross and Kelly Thompson

Ross Thompson and Kelly Thompson, StoryCorps MobileBooth, Kansas City, Mo.
Ross Thompson and Kelly Thompson, StoryCorps MobileBooth, Kansas City, Mo.

By Laura Spencer

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Kansas City, MO – At StoryCorps recording booths across the country, friends and loved ones interview each other about their lives. Each Tuesday during Morning Edition, we'll bring you a story from the MobileBooth in Kansas City.

Parenting is often about making tough choices. Kansas City resident John Ross Thompson was adopted at birth. At age 34, he met his birth mother for the first time. He and his wife, Kelly, discuss becoming new parents to a daughter named Lola, and their rocky relationship with Ross's birth mother.

StoryCorps MobileBooth was stationed at 63rd Street and Brookside Boulevard, September 9, 2010 to October 2, 2010. StoryCorps in Kansas City is sponsored by Mid-Continent Public Library.

Kansas City is known for its style of jazz, influenced by the blues, as the home of Walt Disney’s first animation studio and the headquarters of Hallmark Cards. As one of KCUR’s arts reporters, I want people here to know a wide range of arts and culture stories from across the metropolitan area. I take listeners behind the scenes and introduce them to emerging artists and organizations, as well as keep up with established institutions. Send me an email at lauras@kcur.org or follow me on Twitter @lauraspencer.
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