Episode 86: Carly’s Mom

A butterfly lights beside us like a sun beam, and for one brief moment its glory and beauty belongs to our world. But then it flies on again, and although we wish it could have stayed, we are thankful to have seen it all. This is the inscription written on...

Episode 85: Eesha’s Mom

Pregnancy with your first baby should be a fun, exciting time. For Farhana, unfortunately, this fun time lasted for only the first 22 weeks. It was at that ultrasound when Farhana’s life was forever changed. She and her husband discovered that their firstborn...

Episode 84: Ivan’s Mom

Grieving the death of your child is horrific, but grieving it publicly is even worse. When Ivan died in his fraternity room while he was away at college, his mom, Velvet, desperately wanted to know what happened to him. His own sister learned of his death by people...

Episode 82: Sibling Grief

Siblings are often referred to as ‘the forgotten mourners.’ People worry about the parents of a young person who dies. They worry about the spouse and children of an adult who dies. The siblings, however, never get the focus. ‘How are your...

Episode 81: Bella’s Dad

‘Any day that I get to talk about my child is a good day.’ This is one of the many things that today’s guest Jerry has learned from others when he has spoken to bereaved parents on his new podcast, ‘The Nameless Minority.’...