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She started as a babysitter, then became family.
Margaret Tobin was working as a personal chef in 1989 when she took on a job in Philadelphia, babysitting for a newborn named Audrey. It was only supposed to be a three week gig. Margaret and Audrey came to StoryCorps 18 years later, in 2007, to record a conversation.
Audrey, now 36 and raising two children of her own, and Margaret, 75, came back to reflect. Learn more: storycorps.org/stories/she-started-as-a-babysitter-then-became-family
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She started as a babysitter, then became family.
Margaret Tobin was working as a personal chef in 1989 when she took on a job in Philadelphia, babysitting for a newborn named Audrey. It was only supposed to be a three week gig. Margaret and Audrey came to StoryCorps 18 years later, in 2007, to record a conversation.
Audrey, now 36 and raising two children of her own, and Margaret, 75, came back to reflect. Learn more: storycorps.org/stories/she-started-as-a-babysitter-then-became-family
