Episode 49: Caleb’s Mom at 1 Year

Birthdays, holidays and anniversaries are all incredibly difficult to live through after the death of your child. We dread them. We count the days until those days arrive trying to figure out what exactly to do on that day. Is it small and private? Do we invite...

Episode 48: Greg’s Sister

Recently, I have been thinking a lot about the fact that I live in a grieving home, and I am continuing to raise my children in a grieving home and that there is nothing that I can do to change that. It is just not the same place that it was two years ago. Don’t...

Episode 47: Tamzyn and Jacque’s Mom

I will never forget the subject line of the email sent by today’s guest, Charne, a few weeks ago. It simply read, ‘Lightning Struck Twice.’ Charne’s journey with grief started 8 years ago when her youngest daughter died from a freak accident...

Episode 46: Adam’s Mom

Honestly, today’s interview was a sort of scary prospect for me. I don’t like thinking too far into the future. Ten years, twenty years, thirty years, even the idea of having that much time without Andy in my life and as an active part of our family is too...

A Summer Remembered

As August 15th gets closer and closer on the calendar, I find myself feeling more emotional as well. I think back to 2 years ago and what my life was like then. Honestly, that summer really did sort of revolve around Andy. He had struggled in school in the past and I...