Episode 322: Quincy’s Dad

Today’s guest, Jonathon’s book, indigo: the color of grief, captured me from the first page—a work that feels both intimate and universal. Indigo, the hue between blue and violet, appears in rainbows and twilight skies, yet it rarely gets named. Likewise, grief...

Episode 321: The Many Emotions of Grief

During one of the first grief‑support group sessions that Eric and I attended in the weeks after Andy died, our Starlight Ministries facilitators led us in an exercise. We were given a black‑and‑white copy of an image created by H. Norman Wright titled “Grief – A...

Episode 320: Jr.’s Mom

Today’s guest, Stephanie, says that her son, Jr., had a lifelong mantra that he lived by – ‘me versus me.’ He even had this phrase tattooed on himself for his 18th birthday. Rather than measuring himself against anyone else, he aimed each day to outdo the...

Episode 319: Libby’s Mum

Today’s guest, Lisa, says she has always felt a special, spiritual link to her eldest daughter, Libby—starting when Libby was an infant and lasting throughout her life. One night, Lisa complained to her husband about a throbbing thumb. The next morning, Libby...

Episode 318: Jenny & Jesse’s Mom

Jerry’s passion is helping bereaved children. When I was first introduced to her, Jerry was described as a widowed mother with a heart for grieving kids. She’d written Joy Overcame Sorrow, a fictional tale for late‑elementary and middle‑school readers about a...

Episode 317: Chloe & Lily’s Dad

Eight minutes. That is how long it took for Michael’s life to be forever changed. In late November 2016, a fire broke out in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Unbeknownst to Michael, the winds picked up while he was driving with his oldest son, and the...