My First Best Friend

In this episode, Lisa French takes you to a house on the corner of Elm and 10th Street in Lincoln, Illinois, where her very first best friend lived. Her Grandma French was born in 1900, collected dolls she'd find at yard sales and fix up, played rolls of music on her player piano, listened to the emergency radio scanner, and made Grandpa take her to the racetrack even though he thought racing was foolish. From dominoes partnerships and pizza delivery rituals to a buttercup yellow house and a trophy collection that grew with every race, this is a portrait of a woman who was steady, grounded, and fully present in her own life. And in the lives of the people she loved. Including what happened years after Lisa lost her, when a dream that kept coming back finally made sense.Key TakeawaysThe people who shape us most aren't always the loudest ones in the room. Sometimes they're the steadiest.Grief doesn't always look like falling apart. Sometimes it looks like running to your mom at a funeral at sixteen and crying like a little kid, because that's exactly what you needed to do.Signs from the people we've lost are real, if we're open to receiving them. The message doesn't always come the way we expect.Being chosen in the small specific ways is one of the greatest gifts one person can give another.The people who love us most don't leave us. They actually get closer.💡 "She wasn't just cheering from the sidelines. She wanted to save the pieces of our wins to keep at home with her."Resources MentionedVisualization Guide for Intentional Creation (free) lisafrench.rocks/visualizationHello, Possibility newsletter lisafrench.rocks/newsletterFollow Lisa📲 Instagram and Facebook @lisafrench111Lisa French is an Empowerment Coach, content creator, and keynote speaker based in Panama City Beach, Florida. She helps people get intentional about their lives, their work, and what they're building. Follow along at lisafrench.rocks and subscribe to her weekly newsletter, Hello, Possibility.