Grief Didn't Get the Last Word with Glenn Gum: Grief Series Ep.6

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I'm sitting down with someone I don't usually get to interview — my grandfather, Glenn Gum. He was married to my grandmother, Sheila, for 69 years before she passed. We recorded this conversation at Table Rock Lake, where our family has vacationed together for over 50 years — so this isn't a studio interview. It's just us, talking the way we always have.My Grandpa agreed to share this because he wants it to help someone else walking through the same thing.He talks about what grief has actually felt like for him — not the version people expect, but the real one: isolation, the pull to stay in bed, the guilt of still being here. He talks about the friends who chose to stay in that isolation, and the sister-in-law who told him plainly: if you sit in your house and do nothing, the devil wins. And he talks about what it took to choose differently — staying active, staying connected, and deciding, one morning at a time, to be the guy who says good morning instead of the guy who doesn't.This one is personal. My grandpa didn't just answer questions for this episode — he gave us 69 years of love, and what he's learned about living after loss.In this episode:What grief has actually felt like for him, in his own wordsThe role isolation plays in grief, and how it compoundsThe moment his sister-in-law's words changed his mindsetWhy "positive" has to be a practice, not just a feelingHow he's rebuilt a life, health, and community after 69 years with one partnerYou can find me at:https://www.instagram.com/cataton/https://www.facebook.com/casey.taton/You can find what sparks me at:https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1AgeRtyojY/https://www.instagram.com/lmbdcelebrations/Music by: Jason and Ashley ScheuflerArtwork by:  https://www.instagram.com/graphx_ink/