babbel teaches real life conversations in spanish, french, russian and more. babbel's 10 to 15 minute lessons are available as an app, or online at babbel.com. my mom grew up really poor in locust grove, oklahoma, on a farm. i think my mom was so poor that it's just unbelievable that she managed to leave. as a matter of fact, when i moved to new york after college, my mom said, "jennifer, no matter what you do, "it will never be as big of a deal as it was for me to leave that farm." when a friend of mine was dying,