A little more tea
Karen Gravano Plans to Tell Her Grandson the Truth
Karen Gravano
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"I wanna be able to use all my experiences as a learning tool for him." Karen Gravano tells Ellie why she plans to be honest with her grandson about her past. She wants the difficult parts of her story to become lessons for the next generation. How do you pass on hard-earned lessons to your family?
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talking about that what are you gonna tell your um your grandson Is he gonna know about your mafia lifestyle Yeah I mean listen if I could erase it um just not I don't wanna erase everything I love who I am Yeah And I love everything that I've been through that made me who I am Yeah So I'm just gonna tell him I just You know I some things on my voice that I've said Yeah and the you know certain things that I'd probably be like oh I don't want him to watch that but it's who I am and I'm just really gonna be honest with him The same way like my family they w- they came a certain point Like as a child growing up we weren't told everything but then there was that you know coming to to life moment where- Yeah we had to know and things were said to me So I I wanna be able to use all my experiences as a learning tool for him Yeah So I'm gonna tell him the truth Yeah
