Episode 202: Delia Grace’s Mom

When someone asked Elizabeth what her grief felt like in the months after her 9-week-old baby, Delia Grace died, she described it as if her body was on fire, but that the fire was invisible to others. She says that she tried to continue functioning, but that it was...

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 199: Andy’s Mom

Andy’s Mom. These are such sweet words for me to hear. When today’s guest, Mary, wrote me a few weeks ago, and she introduced herself as Andy’s Mom, we had an instant connection. She was not Andrew’s Mom or Drew’s Mom; she was...

Episode 198: Officer Katie’s Mom

I love how timing so often works out perfectly. Tracy should have been on the podcast months ago, but due to computer issues, this episode comes out one week after our coping strategies one. Tracy’s daughter, Katie, was a girl with a smile that would light up a...