Episode 205: Five Years Later

Five years later. There aren’t words to describe the heaviness of this day. I got an email from my father-in-law saying that he felt like their lives ended when they received the phone call that night. I couldn’t agree more. The family we are now is not...

Episode 203: Corban’s Dad

“I’m gonna leave.” This is such an innocent phrase. It is something that Chester’s son, Corban, likely said to his parents hundreds of times over his 21 years of life. It meant that he was going somewhere – to school, to the movies, maybe...

Episode 201: Aaron’s Mom

I first met today’s guest, Destia, when I was a guest speaker for Lisa Boehm’s Hope and Healing Together Community last year. I learned that Destia’s son had died of Moyamoya disease, and that, in her grief, Destia was trying to educate the medical...

Episode 194: Ryan’s Parents

After Greg and Cathy’s adult son died unexpectedly by suicide, every part of their lives was impacted by the grief. Day-to-day tasks seemed almost impossible. They were now looking at the world through the lens of grief. Cathy says that some days she would drive...