Telephones of the Wind: Making calls to lost loved ones
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- Опубликовано: 13 ноя 2021
- On both sides of the Pacific Ocean, telephones have become a tool for the grieving to connect with lost loved ones. Correspondent Lee Cowan looks at how a rotary phone at an Olympia, Wash. park, connected to nothing but the wind, has become a source of solace for those left behind.
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That crazy old rotary phone on a tree, is permission to continue to grieve.
In a World, so quick to say "Get over it and move on" it's a beautiful idea.
I often say that I would give anything to sit across a table from my mom and dad for just 15 minutes
I would definitely dial that phone
I kept the tears back until halfway and then it’s just all tears.
I sobbed through the whole thing. As soon as the story started, I couldn't even try to hold it back.
I cried watching this. I felt the need to go to that phone & call my Mom. Grief is overwhelming & endless. My prayers go out to everyone that is hurting because they have lost someone they love. ♥️🙏🏻💔
That goes for you, too. 🛐❤️💯
Me too. Now I'm going to get my mom's old phone and nail it up in my garden.
I am overwhelmed with grief right now, and it does feel endless. Thank you for making me feel less alone.
Ditto and every time I watch it again. Im talking to my city state parks commision about doing this.
Thank you. We lost our youngest son in February. I talk to him almost every day. I wish I lived close enough to use that phone.
Heartfelt story. My mother died almost two years ago. She was Jewish, so now I light Shabbat candles every Friday night. I tell her stories, I laugh, I cry. My adult children can’t quite figure it out, but it’s very fulfilling to me.
Dave Glo, that is beautiful. 💗
That's beautiful.
Beautiful.
Dave Glo, it's only for you to understand and those who believe that our loved ones are near and dear. I pray that you will continue to do what makes you feel good and what makes your mother happy... knowing that she is loved and not forgotten. 🙌🏾💜💜💜💜💜
My grief is always so close, just below the surface. It doesn’t take much to bring it up. Grief is endless. It’s good to cry. It helps to release a little bit of what we keep bottled up inside, the things we cannot give words to. I’m so sorry for your loss. Don’t ever stop doing what gives you comfort. Keeping the traditions alive helps keep our loved ones alive in our hearts. My best to you & your family. 🙏🏻
Illogical? No. But there is no logic in grief.
talking on a pretend phone line is nuts!
@@JeanetteFaithGood grief woman, have some compassion. People grieve in their own way. It's not nuts if it gives them comfort.
Wow..... I was thinking and was going to write that exact same thing..........
@david kerley, perfectly said
This is so painful. Losing a loved one rips you apart and changes you forever.
My mother and I were never close and I was in my own at age 19. On Sunday afternoons she would call me to discuss the couture ensemble on the back page of the Sunday NY Times Magazine section when everything was in print. Interest in fashion was the only real bond we had and exchanging our points of view on the garment gave us a moment to connect. The NYTimes Sunday Magazine no longer has that back page couture ensemble, my mother is deceased mvany years and I read The Times virtually. But this morning, this segment brought it all back --- that Sunday afternoon routine so many years ago. I was finally able to bless her and change me. Blessings, Mom. ✨🙏✨
Ann Smith bless you, and I'm glad you have insight and healed yourself with a little help from your heavenly friends
50 some years later, I still remember my childhood phone number by heart. I wish I can still pick up the phone to call that number and talk to my mom and dad again. More importantly, that 11 year old me.
I understand
Me to, never forget that number. Oh to be able call it today.
It’s stories like this that bring me back to Sunday morning ❤️
Okay I'm crying my heart out!!! I want to find a phone to call my mom and my dad.
This was so emotional 😭 to watch. Losing a loved one is like losing a limb, the need to call and talk to someone who is no longer here physically is reflexive. I’m reminded of the quote Anderson Cooper says a lot, “ what is remembered, lives.”
Loved your comment. .....
@@lourdesprudencio5647 🙏😇
It makes perfect sense. Phones are how we contact to one another we use them every single day of our lives. Before smart phones we have good old fashion phones. We would call a friend a parent a grand parent or just a love one to tell them about our day, or how we miss them during a holiday or just to talk about the weather or just even say hello. We are all connected through a phone call. I call my mother every day even if I have nothing to say. It’s just the comfort of her being on the other end. What a wonderful idea. I hope that it helps those that need it
That's a healing 🌲
Aho
This made me cry as I thought what I would give to call my grandfather.
What a great idea. Should be done all over the world!
😪 The trees all around us understand.The wise old trees of the Olympics are listening too.May all beings be happy.
I cried through this entire episode. We all have people we miss more than life itself.
I lost my son 20 years ago he was 20 years old few days after I’m sitting in my leaving room and the phone ring pick it up other side silent I know that was him I just know it He would be 42 in this Thanksgiving missing him until I die I believe they can hear us ❤️
I do too. I know it. 3 years ago I escaped the Paradise fire in California, and I know that my relatives that passed were encouraging me to make it thru and not panic. I'm here today, it worked
Hugs Mama😔
What a BEAUTIFUL and thoughtful way to "reconnect" with the love ones who have gone before us, it makes all the sense in the world
This is a touching story. I miss the intimacy of using rotary phones.
“There’s promise and beauty in so many things if we are open to it. Even through the darkest moments, if we try and see the light, there is promise in this as well.”
~ Natalie Bacho
Be good to yourself, be good to each other, and please tell somebody you love them….before it’s too late to ever do so.
At first, I thought WTH have those left coast folks come up with now. But, as the story played out, I began to understand. And sad stories about kids always get to me. And, everytime I was at my mother's after my father passed, I'd go down in the basement to his shop and talk to him. He and I spent many hours down there building, fixing, disagreeing, and laughing. For years after, I had dreams of seeing him on the street, but never being able to catch up to him. We sold Mom's house 6 years ago and moved her in with us. I really miss him......and our meeting place.
Thanks for this reminder.
I made the phone and I’ve learned a lot since I made it and placed it. I honestly had no clue it would resonate with so many people. The stories I’ve heard since I’ve hung it up have been overwhelmingly touching. To me, it acts as a reminder that one day someone we will all lose someone we dearly love. Perhaps, someday you’ll be that person for someone else, and I’d rather die knowing I was loved and I loved in return, than to live out of focus and squabble over petty opinions and differences.
I'm surprised more people haven't noticed this. What a simple yet beautiful thing you've done.
Thank you 🙏 It’s beautiful. I will visit and call my parents and little brother 😢
Wait, how did you make it?
@@broskisgaming_127 what do you mean? I’ve upgraded it since. So it’s different now. But it’s pretty simple, just a rotary phone on some sort of platform.
Thank you for not thinking about doing this but actually doing it. I wished that I lived in that part of the country but maybe someday I'll come across one somewhere, or put one up myself so that I can talk to my parents.
One day, I hope that when I'm on the "other end" of a similar telephone line that my "bell" will be ringing perpetually.
I know. I thought (somewhat selfishly), will anyone miss me that much? You have a more eloquent way of putting it.
@@margo3367 Thank you and personally? I'm SURE they will. You seem like a very nice, thoughtful, considerate person.
It makes 100% sense, no reason to stop connecting with our Loves. ❤
My mother passed away five and a half years ago and, honestly, I still struggle but I got her phones and when I'm down I pick up and talk to her. I don't know why but it's easier to actually "talk" to her on the phone. All I do is cry when I try to talk to her without her phone.
What a beautiful thing to do for those grieving. In my dreams, I often talk to deceased loved ones on the phone. Have a wonderful week everyone. 😊🙋🥰
I have seen this before and it is just brilliant.
I felt their pain just watching this segment. I felt it had the same healing value as journaling your feelings. Or, in the case of the little girl dying, even better because the entire family is grievinh and healing together. Compassion, transparency, integrity and accountability for all!
Tell you what i sure wish there were phones like that where i live. I'd pick up and try and talk to my mom who passed away in 2016 cause not a day goes by that i don't miss her like crazy
MY MOTHER PASSED ALMOST 9 YEARS AGO...AND INITIALLY FOR THE LONGEST TIME,I WOULD CALL HER OLD CELL PHONE...JUST TO HEAR HER VOICE ON HER VOICE MAIL GREETING AND OFTEN I WOULD LEAVE A MESSAGE....IT WAS JUST SO COMFORTING TO HEAR HER VOICE...TO THE STAFF AT CBS THIS MORNING THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE!!...I HEARD A QUOTE FROM THE MARVEL UNIVERSE THAT I THOUGHT WAS SO MEANINGFUL.RE: GRIEVING...." WHAT IS GRIEF BUT LOVE PERSEVERING"?..AND THAT IS SO TRUE....IF I WAS NEAR THAT PHONE IN THE WOODS THAT YOU REFERENCE HERE..I WOULD PICK IT UP AND TALK..TO MY MOM AND SO MANY OTHER LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS WHO ARE NOW IN THE NEXT REALM OF LIFE..AND JUST LIKE IN THE OLD DAYS WITH THE OLD LANDLINE OR PAY PHONES .....SOMEONE WOULD PROBABLY YELL. " STOP HOGGING THE PHONE"...BLESSINGS!❤❤❤❤🤩
Immediately started crying, partly for the dear people gone now and the realization I don't know their phone numbers anymore and the fear that I could forget them over time.
Dang‼️
Her Dad can HEAR HER LITERALLY‼️❗
WHO CLEANS THE PHONE❓❓❓❗🙏🙏🏼🙏🏿🙏🏾
Grief never goes away, it's the love a loss of one that remains 💔 in one's ❤. Thank you for this segment. 😊
So lovely.
I love this and yes in tears 😢 😭 ❤ I miss my Mom and Dad. Tomorrow will be 6 year's since my mom died of cancer and, last month was 3 year's that my died 💔 also of cancer. This phone means the world. The thought is 🐝 utiful. Thank you.
I SO miss my Mom everyday...
Tomorrow marks the 18th Anniversary of the passing of my grandmother. My step dad passed just 2-days before she did. Each year that passes it gets harder and harder and sadder and sadder. What I wouldn't give in this whole world to hear their voice again. I remember my grandmother calling me everyday when I got home from school. On the weekends my step dad and I would sit at the kitchen table and talk about any and everything. These days they speak to me in my heart. But it's their voice, their voice I'd give any and everything to hear again.
They're listening 🕊🦋💚
They're really listening from the other side. They hear you.
Yes Deanna, you are so right.
Beautiful. I am a bereaved mom to Misty Dawn and I volunteer for The MISS Foundation. They have a Selah Carefarm in Arizona and a group of us moms installed a Telephone of The Wind there. The act of *talking* to a loved one, a way to reach down and express feelings...in a gorgeous environment. Thank you to CBS for offering this information to the general public...there are so many grieving people isolated in their homes that don't know there are places like this to share their love and express their grief.
I did my own version of this with the phone I had as a teenager. It has really helped my grieve the loss of my husband. I've "called" several times, telling him about current events and other things. It's very helpful.
This is so important. My dear friend's 19-year-old son was murdered a little over a week ago. We need outlets like this for grief.
Agree, but I'm paranoid about bad spirits taking advantage. I wouldn't even go there without saying the Lord's Prayer. You don't have have buy into religion for it to even work. I don't know why it works. But it does.
I cried through this entire story. Thank you.
This is an admirable story I really enjoyed it more like it please
Such wonderful therapy.
What a beautiful idea. I cried as I listened to this story.
With so many lost in the last 20 months we need these everywhere. 💔
Very true, I was think of Covid, and so many all over the 🌎 world that have died, and so many from rich countries that are refusing free injections...just doesn't make sense to me
I don't think it would work the same if it wasn't surrounded by beautiful nature. That on its own is healing
I'm crying. This is beautiful.
What a lovely family. Glad this helps. 😊🙏🏻
Someone did this in Japan years ago after Tsunami. A phone booth. Shows at end of segment. Great podcast about it.
Hi Mom.Hi Pop..Mell here.
Hope you are Both With Sammy Cat.
And Cookie..And Missy..
I Miss You All.. I want to be With You soon..some day..
Connie and Tims are taking great job with all your kindred..You would be SO proud of moms daughter and Pop..Tim would you make you so Proud of him..
THANK YOU TREE..!!
Aww that’s so sad and also sweet. I am glad that people can go there and feel a sense of relief.
Thank you for your program. Excellent topic .Hello from France
So sweet.
Having greaved for 2 daughters and a brotherr , I can see this as a release of that part of greafe that I don't share even with myself.
what a relief to see that ppl do this all around the world (i even do it to ppl who r still alive but out of my life)
This is something we all need some times
So good. ❤️
I find this very interesting. After my Mom passed in 2013, from time to time I would call her home phone and leave a message. I kept that phone number for over 6 years. As soon as I started watching this I knew I would use it to call both my parents who have passed on.
I miss my Grandma and my Mama. I cried just watching this video and wish I can hear their voice again. The memories that came flooding, as well as the tears.
This is wonderful. Sometime ago I read about an organisation in Texas that had built a time travel machine. It was a box meant for someone to turn the dial to the past and enter to talk with a lost one.
So creative
My Dad died in 2008 (he was 75), My Youngest son died in 2010 (he was 18 years old), My Mom died in 2019 (she was 84), Sure a lot of other Family & Friends have died in my life as well... But those three people I would love to talk to again... Sure wish there Really was a Phone we could use to talk to them!
What a beautiful way to deal with grief. I wish we had one around where I live, there are a few people I would love to talk to!❤️❤️💐
I can't stop crying, bless these people!
grief is always hard to handle, I miss my father a few years ago, and when I visit his grave I cannot really talk to him since there are other graves around, and I feel I cannot say what I want to him. I wish this was here in Portugal as well....
Thanks for sharing this story. I may have an idea in my local community now.
This was so touching. Neautiful
Yes there is a logical sense why the people takes the time to use this telephone as a way to help grieve for their love ones. Give a sense of peace, be able to communicate with them again , somehow !!! Ita a helpful and one of a kind great idea for the ones one day alone, now with a different way to help them grieve !!!
I would cry the entire time while on that phone, and it would be good
Just watching this helped me.....ty
The sadness of this is indescribable...
I remember when it was cheaper to call long-distance after a certain time on nites and weekends.
Boy.... times have changed.
Thank you so much. ❤️
Such a moving story.
My mom died in 1998 of cancer. While cleaning out a drawer, I found an old cordless phone. I like to take walks in the woods. I may take the phone with me and call her. This is a beautiful idea.
☎️😭💜💙🌻
This is amazing
This made me cry😥
I just bought a desktop rotary phone this past week. I remember when this first aired, I was gutted with emotion. I have it on a shelf in my home. I can call
my mom, dad or grandmother when I need to. Therapy found at an antique market.
I absolutely love this... 💜💜💜
Church wherever you find it.🙏
So beautiful ❤
It makes perfect sense...
No wonder someone wanted to talk on my front yard payphone even though it was temporarily broken.
I love it...
Simple genius .Honest human nature .
I just watched the movie. Very moving.
🙏🏿🙏🏿 I miss you Jeannie and daddy ❤️
I learn laugh tear up . Sunday morning is the very best….
Oh to be able to hear John's voice again
Lovely..
My son, Phillip loves balloons. I buy 1 balloon, when I need to talk to him, send a prayer, or ask for help.
He died at 16 years of age, and I miss him every day.
Yes a real phone. Fabulous idea
Oh my gosh...I'm going to make a call. Crying for my grandson who became an angel at 2 yrs old he had cancer. 🙏😭🎗
I guess some people give themselves permission to grieve this way but many of us just talk to our loved ones who have passed within ourselves, or out loud when alone and continue to talk about our loved ones with others who knew them or pass on their stories to family members and friends to keep their memories alive ...but I guess for others they need a tangible way of reaching out and dealing with their loss so great.
They need to be installed everywhere. 😢😭😊🙏
Made me 😭
Great idea…
🔆 now, I've seen it all !
The Japanese did this in one of their towns after the 2010 earthquake... it is a brilliant idea and I hope someone does some EVP recording during these sessions to see if the loved ones answer back.