[gentle music]
- Sarah Churchill: Your skull was fractured,
your arms, your ribs, your legs.
And they said that you would probably die during the night,
so the best thing would be to leave you at the hospital.
But there was no way that I was gonna leave you there.
And they had a rocking chair,
and I would sit there and hold you.
And I remember, our hearts touched each other.
I used to always say, "We have one heart, you and I."
- Yomi Young: So what was it like caring for me
throughout the years?
- Sarah: Well, I remember giving you a bath.
And you turned your arm, and I heard it.
- Yomi: The bone snap? - Sarah: Yeah.
And you were crying; I'm crying.
- Yomi: I used to keep track of my fractures,
but then they just got out of control.
I would fall or, I remember one time,
one of my sisters dropped an orange on me,
and that broke something.
I mean, you could look at me too hard and I would break.
So I have my down periods,
but I don't always have to articulate every single thing
because you get it.
You understand.
You know, one of my regrets is that I didn't have
my own children. - Sarah: Mm-hmm.
- Yomi: And I think one of the biggest desires
for wanting to mother
is to be able to carry on this legacy of love
that you started with me.
You tell me often that you believe I picked you.
- Sarah: I think children come as a gift to their parent.
- Yomi: I don't know if I've ever told you this,
but I also feel like you picked me.
If you had walked away and left me there when I was born,
nobody would have looked askance.
- Sarah: But I felt that you were a part of me.
So I knew that I made the right decision.
- Yomi: And I've always admired you for that.
- Sarah: It was my honor.
["Home Home at Last" by Blue Dot Sessions]