[lee martell]

I recall Cong. Frederica Wilson, she of the sparkly cowboy hats and TDS Trump-itis. I tend to think Ms Wilson is one who stretches the truth when it makes good copy. She might be lying. As for the gentleman, it’s not impossible, but I find it rather odd that a woman would confide in her son this deeply, describing all her miscarriages one by one.
Not impossible, especially if this is a single mother.
Many single mothers I have known depend on the son more than a woman who had a current husband or man in her life.

[heartwood]

I find it rather odd that a woman would confide in her son this deeply, describing all her miscarriages one by one.

Maybe Mannion asked his mother why he was an only child, if she had wanted more children.

I am a married mother and my children know about the babies I lost. The babies I lost were not some private gynecological detail to make others squeamish; I was not pregnant with miscarriages; I was pregnant with babies, my children's siblings, and they died. Miscarriage is a devastating loss compounded by the loneliness and secrecy surrounding it.